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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... light . 66 Why , alas ! and are you he ? Are not yet these fancies changed ? " - Dear , when you find change in me , Though from me you be estranged , Let my change to ruin be . " What if you new beauties see ? Will not they stir new ...
... light . 66 Why , alas ! and are you he ? Are not yet these fancies changed ? " - Dear , when you find change in me , Though from me you be estranged , Let my change to ruin be . " What if you new beauties see ? Will not they stir new ...
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... light Gleams like the sea , They sing , or tresses brown and bright , - They sing of thee . And if a weary mood , or sad , Possesses me , One thought can all times make me glad , — The thought of thee . And when once more upon my bed ...
... light Gleams like the sea , They sing , or tresses brown and bright , - They sing of thee . And if a weary mood , or sad , Possesses me , One thought can all times make me glad , — The thought of thee . And when once more upon my bed ...
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... beauty ; And enamour'd , do wish , as they might But enjoy such a sight , That they still were to run by her side , Through swords , through seas , whither she would ride . Do but look on her eyes , they do light LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 13.
... beauty ; And enamour'd , do wish , as they might But enjoy such a sight , That they still were to run by her side , Through swords , through seas , whither she would ride . Do but look on her eyes , they do light LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 13.
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... light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her , she is bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark , her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ! And from her arch'd brows , such a grace Sheds itself through ...
... light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her , she is bright As Love's star when it riseth ! Do but mark , her forehead's smoother Than words that soothe her ! And from her arch'd brows , such a grace Sheds itself through ...
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... light , That downwards fall in dead of night ; For in your eyes they sit , and there Fixed become , as in their sphere . Ask me no more if east or west , The phoenix builds her spicy nest ; For unto you at last she flies , And in your ...
... light , That downwards fall in dead of night ; For in your eyes they sit , and there Fixed become , as in their sphere . Ask me no more if east or west , The phoenix builds her spicy nest ; For unto you at last she flies , And in your ...
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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