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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... night Underneath my window plaineth ? " It is one who from thy sight Being ( ah ! ) exiled , disdaineth Every other vulgar light . 66 Why , alas ! and are you he ? Are not yet these fancies changed ? " - Dear , when you find change in ...
... night Underneath my window plaineth ? " It is one who from thy sight Being ( ah ! ) exiled , disdaineth Every other vulgar light . 66 Why , alas ! and are you he ? Are not yet these fancies changed ? " - Dear , when you find change in ...
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... , And cares can make the sweetest loves to frown : Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 5.
... , And cares can make the sweetest loves to frown : Ah then , ah then , If country loves such sweet desires do gain , What lady would not love a shepherd swain ? His flocks are folded ; he comes home at night LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 5.
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... night As merry as a king in his delight , And merrier , too ; For kings bethink them what the State require , Where shepherds careless carol by the fire ; Ah then , & c . He kisseth first , then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curd ...
... night As merry as a king in his delight , And merrier , too ; For kings bethink them what the State require , Where shepherds careless carol by the fire ; Ah then , & c . He kisseth first , then sits as blithe to eat His cream and curd ...
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... 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 fragrant bosom dies ! Thomas Carew ...
... 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 fragrant bosom dies ! Thomas Carew ...
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... NIGHT PIECE . TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow , Like the sparks of fire , befriend thee . No will - o - the - wisp mis - LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 25.
... NIGHT PIECE . TO JULIA . HER eyes the glow - worm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow , Like the sparks of fire , befriend thee . No will - o - the - wisp mis - LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 25.
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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