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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... gave me the ass so plain ; Yet would I her ass freely be , So she would help , and bear with me . An ' I were as fair as she , Or she were as kind as me , What pair could have made , as we So pretty a sympathy : I was as kind as she was ...
... gave me the ass so plain ; Yet would I her ass freely be , So she would help , and bear with me . An ' I were as fair as she , Or she were as kind as me , What pair could have made , as we So pretty a sympathy : I was as kind as she was ...
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... gave thee thy renown : Thou hadst , in the forgotten crowd Of common beauties , lived unknown Had not my verse exhaled thy name , And with it impt the wings of Fame . That killing power is none of thine ! I gave 40 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... gave thee thy renown : Thou hadst , in the forgotten crowd Of common beauties , lived unknown Had not my verse exhaled thy name , And with it impt the wings of Fame . That killing power is none of thine ! I gave 40 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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... gave it to thy voice and eyes : Thy sweets , thy graces - all are mine : Thou art my star - shinest in my skies ; Then dart not from thy borrow'd sphere Lightning on him that fix'd thee there . Tempt me with such affrights no more ...
... gave it to thy voice and eyes : Thy sweets , thy graces - all are mine : Thou art my star - shinest in my skies ; Then dart not from thy borrow'd sphere Lightning on him that fix'd thee there . Tempt me with such affrights no more ...
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... gave , is quietly resign'd : Content with poverty , my soul I arm ; And virtue , tho ' in rags , will keep me warm . John Dryden . LXXXVIII . FAIR Amoret is gone astray , Pursue , and seek her , every lover ; I'll tell the signs by ...
... gave , is quietly resign'd : Content with poverty , my soul I arm ; And virtue , tho ' in rags , will keep me warm . John Dryden . LXXXVIII . FAIR Amoret is gone astray , Pursue , and seek her , every lover ; I'll tell the signs by ...
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... gave joy and mirth , And that to be the dearest wife Of one , who labor'd all his life To make a mine of gold his own , And not spend sixpence when he'd done , Was heaven upon earth . When these two blades had done , d'ye see , The ...
... gave joy and mirth , And that to be the dearest wife Of one , who labor'd all his life To make a mine of gold his own , And not spend sixpence when he'd done , Was heaven upon earth . When these two blades had done , d'ye see , The ...
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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 king 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