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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... turn upon subjects of gallantry , satire , tenderness , politeness , and everything , in short , that concerns life , and the affairs of the world . " PLINY TO Tuscus . DEDICATION . TO THE VERY REVEREND THE DEAN OF ST.
... turn upon subjects of gallantry , satire , tenderness , politeness , and everything , in short , that concerns life , and the affairs of the world . " PLINY TO Tuscus . DEDICATION . TO THE VERY REVEREND THE DEAN OF ST.
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... Turn'd to branches of green willow ? CUDDY . They are changed , and so am I ; Sorrows live , but pleasures die : Phillis hath forsaken me , Which makes me wear the willow - tree . WILLY . Phillis ! she that loved thee long ? Is she the ...
... Turn'd to branches of green willow ? CUDDY . They are changed , and so am I ; Sorrows live , but pleasures die : Phillis hath forsaken me , Which makes me wear the willow - tree . WILLY . Phillis ! she that loved thee long ? Is she the ...
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... turn to ill , So thou and I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still , but know not why- So hast thou the same reason still To doat upon me ever ! Unknown . LV . TO LUCASTA , ON GOING BEYOND THE SEAS . A ...
... turn to ill , So thou and I shall sever : Keep , therefore , a true woman's eye , And love me still , but know not why- So hast thou the same reason still To doat upon me ever ! Unknown . LV . TO LUCASTA , ON GOING BEYOND THE SEAS . A ...
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... allow . If you'll prove loving , I'll prove kind , If true , I'll constant be- If Fortune chance to change your mind , I'll turn as soon as ye . Since our affections , well ye know , In equal LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 39 LVII. ...
... allow . If you'll prove loving , I'll prove kind , If true , I'll constant be- If Fortune chance to change your mind , I'll turn as soon as ye . Since our affections , well ye know , In equal LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 39 LVII. ...
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... turn into respect . Celia , at worst , you'll in the end But change a lover for a friend . LXXII . Sir George Etherege . OF ENGLISH VERSE . POETS may boast , as safely vain , Their works shall with the world remain ; Both bound together ...
... turn into respect . Celia , at worst , you'll in the end But change a lover for a friend . LXXII . Sir George Etherege . OF ENGLISH VERSE . POETS may boast , as safely vain , Their works shall with the world remain ; Both bound together ...
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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