Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de Société and Vers D'occasion in the English Language by Deceased Authors |
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... Jonathan Swift . CVIII . WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs , All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your kind ...
... Jonathan Swift . CVIII . WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs , All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your kind ...
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... Jonathan Swift . CX . STELLA'S BIRTH - DAY , 1720 . ALL travellers at first incline Where'er they see the fairest sign ; And , if they find the chamber neat , And like the liquor and the meat , Will call again , and recommend The Angel ...
... Jonathan Swift . CX . STELLA'S BIRTH - DAY , 1720 . ALL travellers at first incline Where'er they see the fairest sign ; And , if they find the chamber neat , And like the liquor and the meat , Will call again , and recommend The Angel ...
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... bloom of youth can ever blind The cracks and wrinkles of your mind ; All men of sense will pass your door , And crowd to Stella's at fourscore . Jonathan Swift . CXI . STELLA'S BIRTH - DAY , 1724 . As LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 77.
... bloom of youth can ever blind The cracks and wrinkles of your mind ; All men of sense will pass your door , And crowd to Stella's at fourscore . Jonathan Swift . CXI . STELLA'S BIRTH - DAY , 1724 . As LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 77.
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... Jonathan Swift . CXII . STELLA'S BIRTHDAY , MARCH 13 , 1726 . THIS day , whate'er the Fates decree , Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day then let us not be told That you are sick , and I grown old ; Nor think on our ...
... Jonathan Swift . CXII . STELLA'S BIRTHDAY , MARCH 13 , 1726 . THIS day , whate'er the Fates decree , Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day then let us not be told That you are sick , and I grown old ; Nor think on our ...
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... Jonathan Swift . CXIII . TO MRS . THRALE ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY- FIFTH YEAR . OFT in danger , yet alive , We are come to thirty - five ; Long may better years arrive , Better years than thirty - five ! Could philosophers contrive ...
... Jonathan Swift . CXIII . TO MRS . THRALE ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY- FIFTH YEAR . OFT in danger , yet alive , We are come to thirty - five ; Long may better years arrive , Better years than thirty - five ! Could philosophers contrive ...
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