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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... look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that it should Speak without words , such words as none can tell ; Her tress also should be of crisped gold . With wit , and these , perchance , I might be tried , And ...
... look , all grief for to repel With right good grace , so would I that it should Speak without words , such words as none can tell ; Her tress also should be of crisped gold . With wit , and these , perchance , I might be tried , And ...
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... hour . But from her look A wound he took So deep , that for a further boon The nymph he prays , Whereto she says , 66 Forego me now , come to me soon . " But in vain she did conjure him To depart her ΙΟ LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . XIII. ...
... hour . But from her look A wound he took So deep , that for a further boon The nymph he prays , Whereto she says , 66 Forego me now , come to me soon . " But in vain she did conjure him To depart her ΙΟ LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . XIII. ...
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... And I'll not look for wine . The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup , I would not change for thine . I sent thee late a rosy wreath , Not so 12 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... And I'll not look for wine . The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ; But might I of Jove's nectar sup , I would not change for thine . I sent thee late a rosy wreath , Not so 12 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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... 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.
... 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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... look on her eyes , they do 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 ...
... look on her eyes , they do 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 ...
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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