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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... of thy sweets , Thy favors are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . II.
... of thy sweets , Thy favors are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . II.
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... morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with her briars , how sweet her smell ! But pluck'd , and strain'd through ruder hands , Her sweets no longer with her dwell ; But scent and beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her ...
... morning rose , that untouch'd stands , Arm'd with her briars , how sweet her smell ! But pluck'd , and strain'd through ruder hands , Her sweets no longer with her dwell ; But scent and beauty both are gone , And leaves fall from her ...
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... set , There bid good morning to each day , There meditate my time away , And angle on and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave . Isaak Walton 57 LXXXIV . THE CONTENTED MAN . HAPPY the man 56 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... set , There bid good morning to each day , There meditate my time away , And angle on and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave . Isaak Walton 57 LXXXIV . THE CONTENTED MAN . HAPPY the man 56 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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... morning o'er Earth ' tis his fancy to run ; At night he declines on his Thetis ' breast . So when I am wearied with wandering all day ; To thee , my delight , in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way : They were ...
... morning o'er Earth ' tis his fancy to run ; At night he declines on his Thetis ' breast . So when I am wearied with wandering all day ; To thee , my delight , in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way : They were ...
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... morning dream , While others rise at the first fly That glitters on the stream . XCIX . Walter S. Landor . False tho ' she be to me and love . I'll ne'er pursue revenge ; For still the charmer I approve , Tho ' I deplore her change . In ...
... morning dream , While others rise at the first fly That glitters on the stream . XCIX . Walter S. Landor . False tho ' she be to me and love . I'll ne'er pursue revenge ; For still the charmer I approve , Tho ' I deplore her change . In ...
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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