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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... hand of the Graces . " A reviewer in The Times newspaper has made the following noteworthy remarks on the subject of vers de société , more especially of a certain kind : " It is the poetry of men who belong to society , who have a keen ...
... hand of the Graces . " A reviewer in The Times newspaper has made the following noteworthy remarks on the subject of vers de société , more especially of a certain kind : " It is the poetry of men who belong to society , who have a keen ...
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... hand , Where shepherds laugh , and love upon the land ; Ah then , & c . Robert Greene . IX . PHILLIDA AND CORYDON . IN the merry month of May , In a morn by break of day , With a troop of damsels playing , Forth I rode , forsooth , a ...
... hand , Where shepherds laugh , and love upon the land ; Ah then , & c . Robert Greene . IX . PHILLIDA AND CORYDON . IN the merry month of May , In a morn by break of day , With a troop of damsels playing , Forth I rode , forsooth , a ...
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... hands had stray'd to touch , Then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me love , Is't now a time to chide me ? No , no , no , I'll love you still , What fortune e'er betide me . The sun , whose beams most glorious ...
... hands had stray'd to touch , Then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me love , Is't now a time to chide me ? No , no , no , I'll love you still , What fortune e'er betide me . The sun , whose beams most glorious ...
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... hands , Her sweets no longer with her dwell ; But scent and beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her , one by one . Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou hast handled been awhile , Like sere flowers to be thrown ...
... hands , Her sweets no longer with her dwell ; But scent and beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her , one by one . Such fate , ere long , will thee betide , When thou hast handled been awhile , Like sere flowers to be thrown ...
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... hand here of Love , Wherein my lady rideth ! Each that draws is a swan or a dove , And well the car Love guideth . As she goes all hearts do duty Unto her beauty ; And enamour'd , do wish , as they might But enjoy such a sight , That ...
... hand here of Love , Wherein my lady rideth ! Each that draws is a swan or a dove , And well the car Love guideth . As she goes all hearts do duty Unto her beauty ; And enamour'd , do wish , as they might But enjoy such a sight , That ...
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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