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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... hour . 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. ...
... hour . 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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... soon . " Unknown . XV . O MISTRESS mine , where are you roaming ? O stay and hear ! your true love's coming , That can sing both high and low ; Trip no further , pretty sweeting , Journeys end in lovers ' meeting- Every wise man's son ...
... soon . " Unknown . XV . O MISTRESS mine , where are you roaming ? O stay and hear ! your true love's coming , That can sing both high and low ; Trip no further , pretty sweeting , Journeys end in lovers ' meeting- Every wise man's son ...
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... soon away ; Then , nymphs , take vantage while ye may , And this is love , as I hear say . " Yet , what is love ? good shepherd , show ! " — A thing that creeps , it cannot go , A prize that passeth to and fro , A thing for one , a ...
... soon away ; Then , nymphs , take vantage while ye may , And this is love , as I hear say . " Yet , what is love ? good shepherd , show ! " — A thing that creeps , it cannot go , A prize that passeth to and fro , A thing for one , a ...
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... soon . Appear all ye virgins , both aged and young , All you , who have carried that burthen too long , Who have lost precious time , -and you who are losing , Betray'd by your fears between doubting and choosing ; Draw nearer , and ...
... soon . Appear all ye virgins , both aged and young , All you , who have carried that burthen too long , Who have lost precious time , -and you who are losing , Betray'd by your fears between doubting and choosing ; Draw nearer , and ...
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... Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps , and amber studs , All these in me no means can move , To come to thee , and be thy love . But could ...
... Soon break , soon wither , soon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of straw , and ivy buds , Thy coral clasps , and amber studs , All these in me no means can move , To come to thee , and be thy love . But could ...
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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