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... munch ? Dearly thou pay'st for buzzing round the bowl ; Lost to the world , thou busy sweet - lipped soulThus Death , as well as Pleasure , dwells with Punch . Now let me take thee out , and moralize— Thus 22 MISCELLANEOUS .
... munch ? Dearly thou pay'st for buzzing round the bowl ; Lost to the world , thou busy sweet - lipped soulThus Death , as well as Pleasure , dwells with Punch . Now let me take thee out , and moralize— Thus 22 MISCELLANEOUS .
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... munch ? Dearly thou pay'st for buzzing round the bowl ; Lost to the world , thou busy sweet - lipped soul- Thus Death , as well as Pleasure , dwells with Punch . Now let me take thee out , and moralize- Thus 22 MISCELLANEOUS .
... munch ? Dearly thou pay'st for buzzing round the bowl ; Lost to the world , thou busy sweet - lipped soul- Thus Death , as well as Pleasure , dwells with Punch . Now let me take thee out , and moralize- Thus 22 MISCELLANEOUS .
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... sweets , and snatch Sidelong odors , that give life Like glances from a neighbor's wife ; And still live in the by - places And the suburbs of thy graces ; And in thy borders take delight , An unconquer'd Canaanite . WRITTEN AFTER ...
... sweets , and snatch Sidelong odors , that give life Like glances from a neighbor's wife ; And still live in the by - places And the suburbs of thy graces ; And in thy borders take delight , An unconquer'd Canaanite . WRITTEN AFTER ...
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... sweet , so many ? Oh dearest , give back all , if any ! ” While thus I murmur'd , trembling too Lest all the nymph had vow'd was true , I saw a smile relenting rise ' Mid the moist azure of her eyes , Like day - light o'er a sea of blue ...
... sweet , so many ? Oh dearest , give back all , if any ! ” While thus I murmur'd , trembling too Lest all the nymph had vow'd was true , I saw a smile relenting rise ' Mid the moist azure of her eyes , Like day - light o'er a sea of blue ...
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... sweet I declare , The queen of my heart and my cane - bottomed chair . When the candles burn low , and the company ' s gone , In the silence of night as I sit here alone- I sit here alone , but we yet are a pair- My FANNY I see in my ...
... sweet I declare , The queen of my heart and my cane - bottomed chair . When the candles burn low , and the company ' s gone , In the silence of night as I sit here alone- I sit here alone , but we yet are a pair- My FANNY I see in my ...
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BARHAM Beignet BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE Blogg boys Brentford charms church cried DEAN SWIFT dear delight devil dish divine dost e'er EPIGRAMS eyes face fair fancy fear give grace hair hand happy hath head hear heart heaven humorous Ingoldsby Legends JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL JAMES TAYLOR Jones kind king kiss lady legs Lille long-tail'd coat look Lord LOWELL MASON maid majesty MATTHEW PRIOR mind morning Muse N. P. WILLIS ne'er never night niversity nose numbers o'er once PETER PINDAR PINDAR poem poet poor pound pray Prince PUNCH quoth ROBERT SOUTHEY rose round Saint scarce sigh sing sinners smile song soul swear sweet tell thee There's thet thing THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou thought took town turn'd verse Whitbread wife young Zounds