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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... prayers to say To such as must to others pray . Yet do thou glory in thy choice , — Thy choice of his good fortune boast ; I'll neither grieve nor yet rejoice To see him gain what I have lost ; The height of my disdain shall be To laugh ...
... prayers to say To such as must to others pray . Yet do thou glory in thy choice , — Thy choice of his good fortune boast ; I'll neither grieve nor yet rejoice To see him gain what I have lost ; The height of my disdain shall be To laugh ...
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... prayer to God above I bend my knee , Then when I pray for those I love , — I pray for thee . And when the duties of the day Demand of me To rise and journey on life's way , - I work for thee , Or if , perchance , I sing some lay , Whate ...
... prayer to God above I bend my knee , Then when I pray for those I love , — I pray for thee . And when the duties of the day Demand of me To rise and journey on life's way , - I work for thee , Or if , perchance , I sing some lay , Whate ...
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... But from her look A wound he took So deep , that for a further boon 66 The nymph he prays , Whereto she says , Forego me now , come to me soon . " 9 But in vain she did conjure him To depart her ΤΟ LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . XIII. ...
... But from her look A wound he took So deep , that for a further boon 66 The nymph he prays , Whereto she says , Forego me now , come to me soon . " 9 But in vain she did conjure him To depart her ΤΟ LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . XIII. ...
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... prayer That lips could speak had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone , As worthy to be loved by none . I do confess thou'rt sweet , yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets , Thy favors are but like the wind , That ...
... prayer That lips could speak had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone , As worthy to be loved by none . I do confess thou'rt sweet , yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets , Thy favors are but like the wind , That ...
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... pray thee , tell ! " . It is that fountain , and that well , Where pleasure and repentance dwell ; It is , perhaps , that passing bell That tolls us all to heaven or hell ; And this is love , as I heard tell . " Yet , what is love ? I pray ...
... pray thee , tell ! " . It is that fountain , and that well , Where pleasure and repentance dwell ; It is , perhaps , that passing bell That tolls us all to heaven or hell ; And this is love , as I heard tell . " Yet , what is love ? I pray ...
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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