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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... laughter ; it is in an especial sense the verse of so- ciety . When society ceases to be simple it be- comes sceptical . Nor are we utterly to condemn this sceptical temper as a sign of corruption . It is assumed in self - defence , and ...
... laughter ; it is in an especial sense the verse of so- ciety . When society ceases to be simple it be- comes sceptical . Nor are we utterly to condemn this sceptical temper as a sign of corruption . It is assumed in self - defence , and ...
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... laugh at the exposure as a good joke .... In the poets who represent this social mood there is a delicious piquancy , and the way they play at bo - peep with their feelings makes them a class by themselves . " Suckling and Herrick ...
... laugh at the exposure as a good joke .... In the poets who represent this social mood there is a delicious piquancy , and the way they play at bo - peep with their feelings makes them a class by themselves . " Suckling and Herrick ...
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... laugh , and love upon the land ; Ah then , & c . Robert Greene . IX . PHILLIDA AND CORYDON . IN the merry month of May , In a morn by break of day , With a troop of damsels playing , Forth I rode , forsooth , a - maying , When anon by a ...
... laugh , and love upon the land ; Ah then , & c . Robert Greene . IX . PHILLIDA AND CORYDON . IN the merry month of May , In a morn by break of day , With a troop of damsels playing , Forth I rode , forsooth , a - maying , When anon by a ...
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... know all thy falsities ; That I one day may laugh , when thou Shalt grieve and mourn- Of one the scorn , Who proves as false as thou art now . John Donne . XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 7.
... know all thy falsities ; That I one day may laugh , when thou Shalt grieve and mourn- Of one the scorn , Who proves as false as thou art now . John Donne . XI . WOMAN'S INCONSTANCY . I LOVED thee once , LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 7.
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... my disdain shall be To laugh at him , to blush for thee ; To love thee still , but go no more A - begging to a beggar's door . Sir Robert Ayton . XII . A VALENTINE . WHEN slumber first unclouds my 8 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . XI. ...
... my disdain shall be To laugh at him , to blush for thee ; To love thee still , but go no more A - begging to a beggar's door . Sir Robert Ayton . XII . A VALENTINE . WHEN slumber first unclouds my 8 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . XI. ...
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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