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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... sweet repose I lay my head , — I dream of thee . In short , one only wish I have , To live for thee ; Or gladly if one pang ' twould save , I'd die for thee . Unknown . XIII . SINCE first I saw your face I resolved LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 9.
... sweet repose I lay my head , — I dream of thee . In short , one only wish I have , To live for thee ; Or gladly if one pang ' twould save , I'd die for thee . Unknown . XIII . SINCE first I saw your face I resolved LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 9.
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... succeed the former . Then be not coy , but use your time , And while you may , go marry : For having lost but once your prime , You may forever tarry . Robert Herrick . XLI . THE HEADACHE . My head doth ache , 26 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... succeed the former . Then be not coy , but use your time , And while you may , go marry : For having lost but once your prime , You may forever tarry . Robert Herrick . XLI . THE HEADACHE . My head doth ache , 26 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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... head doth ache , O , Sappho take Thy fillet , And bind the pain ! Or bring some bane To kill it . But less that part Than my poor heart , Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick . XLII . THE SIEGE ...
... head doth ache , O , Sappho take Thy fillet , And bind the pain ! Or bring some bane To kill it . But less that part Than my poor heart , Now is sick : One kiss from thee Will counsel be , And physic . Robert Herrick . XLII . THE SIEGE ...
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... heads with roses crown'd , Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep , When healths and draughts go free- Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty . When linnet - like confined , I With shriller ...
... heads with roses crown'd , Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep , When healths and draughts go free- Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty . When linnet - like confined , I With shriller ...
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... head of Pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie , that she Has coin'd and stamp'd for good . Pride and ambition here Only in far - fetch'd metaphors appear ; Here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs scatter And nought but Echo ...
... head of Pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie , that she Has coin'd and stamp'd for good . Pride and ambition here Only in far - fetch'd metaphors appear ; Here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs scatter And nought but Echo ...
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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