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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... mind is entertained and enlivened by these little poetical compositions , as they turn upon subjects of gallantry , satire , tenderness , politeness , and everything , in short , that concerns life , and the affairs of the world ...
... mind is entertained and enlivened by these little poetical compositions , as they turn upon subjects of gallantry , satire , tenderness , politeness , and everything , in short , that concerns life , and the affairs of the world ...
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... mind that the possession of the true poetic faculty is not sufficient of itself to guarantee capacity for this inferior branch of the art of ver- sification . The writer of vers de société , in order to be genuinely successful , must ...
... mind that the possession of the true poetic faculty is not sufficient of itself to guarantee capacity for this inferior branch of the art of ver- sification . The writer of vers de société , in order to be genuinely successful , must ...
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... mind , A tempest everlasting ; And Jove hath made it of a kind Not well , nor full , nor fasting . Why so ? More we enjoy it , more it dies ; If not enjoy'd , it sighing cries Heigh - ho ! Samuel Daniel . V. A DITTY . My true love hath ...
... mind , A tempest everlasting ; And Jove hath made it of a kind Not well , nor full , nor fasting . Why so ? More we enjoy it , more it dies ; If not enjoy'd , it sighing cries Heigh - ho ! Samuel Daniel . V. A DITTY . My true love hath ...
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... mind , Gentle thoughts , 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 ...
... mind , Gentle thoughts , 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 ...
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... mind Where they want of riches find , Think what with them they would do Who without them dare to woo : And unless that mind I see , What care I tho ' great she be ? Great or good , or kind or fair , I will ne'er the more despair ; If ...
... mind Where they want of riches find , Think what with them they would do Who without them dare to woo : And unless that mind I see , What care I tho ' great she be ? Great or good , or kind or fair , I will ne'er the more despair ; If ...
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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