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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... seen but a bright lily grow , Before rude hands have touch'd it ? Have you mark'd but the fall o ' the sno Before the soil hath smutch'd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smell'd o ' the bud of ...
... seen but a bright lily grow , Before rude hands have touch'd it ? Have you mark'd but the fall o ' the sno Before the soil hath smutch'd it ? Have you felt the wool of the beaver ? Or swan's down ever ? Or have smell'd o ' the bud of ...
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... seen ; O things without compare ! Such sights again cannot be found In any place on English ground , Be it at wake , or fair . At Charing Cross , hard by the way Where we ( thou knowst ) do sell our hay , There is a house with stairs ...
... seen ; O things without compare ! Such sights again cannot be found In any place on English ground , Be it at wake , or fair . At Charing Cross , hard by the way Where we ( thou knowst ) do sell our hay , There is a house with stairs ...
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... for ever stray , And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there : In all her outward parts Love's always seen ; But oh ! he never went within . Abraham Cowley . LXIII . TO CARNATIONS . STAY while ye will , LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 41 LXI. ...
... for ever stray , And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there : In all her outward parts Love's always seen ; But oh ! he never went within . Abraham Cowley . LXIII . TO CARNATIONS . STAY while ye will , LYRA ELEGANTIARUM . 41 LXI. ...
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... seen ; And these strong walls do only serve To keep rogues out , not keep me in . Malice is now grown charitable , sure : I'm not committed , but I'm kept secure . And whilst I wish to be retired , Into this private room I'm turn'd ; As ...
... seen ; And these strong walls do only serve To keep rogues out , not keep me in . Malice is now grown charitable , sure : I'm not committed , but I'm kept secure . And whilst I wish to be retired , Into this private room I'm turn'd ; As ...
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... seen them , She kist , and wiped their dove - like eyes ; And gave the bag between them . Robert Herrick . XCII . CUPID MISTAKEN . As after noon , one summer's day , Venus stood bathing in a river ; Cupid a - shooting went that way ...
... seen them , She kist , and wiped their dove - like eyes ; And gave the bag between them . Robert Herrick . XCII . CUPID MISTAKEN . As after noon , one summer's day , Venus stood bathing in a river ; Cupid a - shooting went that way ...
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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