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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... sing not , Green plants bring not forth ; they die ; Herbs stand weeping , flocks all sleeping , Nymphs back peeping fearfully : All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains , All our evening sport ...
... sing not , Green plants bring not forth ; they die ; Herbs stand weeping , flocks all sleeping , Nymphs back peeping fearfully : All our pleasure known to us poor swains , All our merry meetings on the plains , All our evening sport ...
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... sing , or tresses brown and bright , - They sing of thee . And if a weary mood , or sad , Possesses me , One thought can all times make me glad , — The thought of thee . And when once more upon my bed , Full wearily , In sweet repose I ...
... sing , or tresses brown and bright , - They sing of thee . And if a weary mood , or sad , Possesses me , One thought can all times make me glad , — The thought of thee . And when once more upon my bed , Full wearily , In sweet repose I ...
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... sing both high and low ; Trip no further , pretty sweeting , Journeys end in lovers ' meeting- Every wise man's son doth know . What is love ? ' tis not hereafter ; Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still unsure ...
... sing both high and low ; Trip no further , pretty sweeting , Journeys end in lovers ' meeting- Every wise man's son doth know . What is love ? ' tis not hereafter ; Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still unsure ...
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... sing , I should be very willing ; I should not owe one lass a kiss , Nor any rogue one shilling . ' Tis only being in love , or debt , That robs us of our rest , And he that is quite out of both , Of all the world is blest . He sees the ...
... sing , I should be very willing ; I should not owe one lass a kiss , Nor any rogue one shilling . ' Tis only being in love , or debt , That robs us of our rest , And he that is quite out of both , Of all the world is blest . He sees the ...
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... sing in vain ! The beauties which adorn'd that age , The shining subjects of his page , Hoping they should immortal prove , Rewarded with success his love . This was the generous poet's scope ; And all an 46 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
... sing in vain ! The beauties which adorn'd that age , The shining subjects of his page , Hoping they should immortal prove , Rewarded with success his love . This was the generous poet's scope ; And all an 46 LYRA ELEGANTIARUM .
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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