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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... lover may not un- successfully urge his complaints . They may form a compliment for a patron or a congratulation for an artist , a vow of friendship or a hymn of grati- tude ... It must not be supposed that because these productions are ...
... lover may not un- successfully urge his complaints . They may form a compliment for a patron or a congratulation for an artist , a vow of friendship or a hymn of grati- tude ... It must not be supposed that because these productions are ...
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... lovers ' meeting- Every wise man's son doth know . What is love ? ' tis not hereafter ; Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still unsure ; In delay there lies no plenty , - Then come kiss me , Sweet - and - twenty ...
... lovers ' meeting- Every wise man's son doth know . What is love ? ' tis not hereafter ; Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still unsure ; In delay there lies no plenty , - Then come kiss me , Sweet - and - twenty ...
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... and calm desires , - Hearts with equal love combined , Kindle never - dying fires ; Where these are not , I despise Lovely cheeks , or lips , or eyes . Thomas Carew . XXII . A LOVER of late was I , For 14 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... and calm desires , - Hearts with equal love combined , Kindle never - dying fires ; Where these are not , I despise Lovely cheeks , or lips , or eyes . Thomas Carew . XXII . A LOVER of late was I , For 14 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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... LOVER of late was I , For Cupid would have it so ; ( The boy that had never an eye- As every man doth know . ) I sigh'd , and sobb'd , and cried " alas , " For her that laugh'd and call'd me ass . Then knew not I what to do , When I saw ...
... LOVER of late was I , For Cupid would have it so ; ( The boy that had never an eye- As every man doth know . ) I sigh'd , and sobb'd , and cried " alas , " For her that laugh'd and call'd me ass . Then knew not I what to do , When I saw ...
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... lover . Thomas Carew . XXVIII . THE SHEPHERD'S DESCRIPTION OF LOVE . " SHEPHERD , what's love ? I pray thee , tell ! " It is that fountain , and that well , Where pleasure and repentance dwell ; It is , perhaps , that passing bell That ...
... lover . Thomas Carew . XXVIII . THE SHEPHERD'S DESCRIPTION OF LOVE . " SHEPHERD , what's love ? I pray thee , tell ! " It is that fountain , and that well , Where pleasure and repentance dwell ; It is , perhaps , that passing bell 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