Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de Société and Vers D'occasion in the English Language by Deceased AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson |
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... gives perfection , yet perfec- tion is not a little thing . " The poet to succeed in these hazardous pieces must be alike polished by an intercourse with the world , as with the studies of taste , to whom labor is negligence ...
... gives perfection , yet perfec- tion is not a little thing . " The poet to succeed in these hazardous pieces must be alike polished by an intercourse with the world , as with the studies of taste , to whom labor is negligence ...
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... give it variety , the works of contemporary writers have been mixed , and where two authors have written on the same sub- ject , though at different epochs , it has been thought interesting to bring them side by side . For this reason ...
... give it variety , the works of contemporary writers have been mixed , and where two authors have written on the same sub- ject , though at different epochs , it has been thought interesting to bring them side by side . For this reason ...
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... you new beauties see ? Will not they stir new affection ? ” — I will think they pictures be ( Image - like of saint perfection ) Poorly counterfeiting thee . " Peace ! I think that some give ear , 2 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... you new beauties see ? Will not they stir new affection ? ” — I will think they pictures be ( Image - like of saint perfection ) Poorly counterfeiting thee . " Peace ! I think that some give ear , 2 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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... give ear , Come , no more , lest I get anger . ' Bliss ! I will my bliss forbear , Fearing , sweet , you to endanger ; But my soul shall harbor there . " Well , begone : begone , I say , 99 Lest that Argus ' eyes perceive you . " O ...
... give ear , Come , no more , lest I get anger . ' Bliss ! I will my bliss forbear , Fearing , sweet , you to endanger ; But my soul shall harbor there . " Well , begone : begone , I say , 99 Lest that Argus ' eyes perceive you . " O ...
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... give , if any , yet but little sound . Deep waters noiseless are ; and this we know , That chiding streams betray small depth below . So when Love speechless is , she doth express A depth in love , and that depth bottomless . Now since ...
... give , if any , yet but little sound . Deep waters noiseless are ; and this we know , That chiding streams betray small depth below . So when Love speechless is , she doth express A depth in love , and that depth bottomless . Now since ...
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Alexander Pope Araminta beauty bliss blush bright Burnham-beeches charms cheek Chloe Cupid dance dear delight Derry doth e'er Earl eyes fair fate fear flowers gaze give gone grace hand happy haste hath hear heart Heaven heigh-ho Henry Luttrell hour John Wolcot Jonathan Swift kind kiss kiss'd Lady Landor lass laugh lips live look Lord Love's lover maid Matthew Prior mind morning muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain play pleasant pleasure poet poor Praed pray Robert Herrick rose round shepherd sigh sing Sir John Suckling sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sure swain sweet taste tears tell there's thine thing Thomas Carew Thomas Hood Thomas Moore thou thought thro to-morrow true Twas Unknown vers de société verse vex'd Walter wife William William Cowper wish young youth