Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
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... Fear not , though love and beauty fail , My reason shall my heart direct : Your kindness now shall then prevail , And passion turn into respect . Celia , at worst , you'll in the end But change a lover for a friend . LXXI . Sir George ...
... Fear not , though love and beauty fail , My reason shall my heart direct : Your kindness now shall then prevail , And passion turn into respect . Celia , at worst , you'll in the end But change a lover for a friend . LXXI . Sir George ...
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... fears tempestuous grow And cast our hopes away ; Whilst you , regardless of our wo , Sit careless at a play : Perhaps permit some happier man To kiss your hand , or flirt your fan . When any mournful tune you hear , That dies in every ...
... fears tempestuous grow And cast our hopes away ; Whilst you , regardless of our wo , Sit careless at a play : Perhaps permit some happier man To kiss your hand , or flirt your fan . When any mournful tune you hear , That dies in every ...
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... fears , In hopes this declaration moves Some pity for our tears ; Let's hear of no inconstancy , We have too much of that at sea . With a fa la , la , la , la . Charles Sackville , Earl of Dorset . LXXVII . TO ALTHEA , FROM PRISON ...
... fears , In hopes this declaration moves Some pity for our tears ; Let's hear of no inconstancy , We have too much of that at sea . With a fa la , la , la , la . Charles Sackville , Earl of Dorset . LXXVII . TO ALTHEA , FROM PRISON ...
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... fear his might . Earl of Surrey . LXXX . CONTENT . SWEET are the thoughts that savour of content : - The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent— The poor estate scorns Fortune's angry frown ...
... fear his might . Earl of Surrey . LXXX . CONTENT . SWEET are the thoughts that savour of content : - The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent— The poor estate scorns Fortune's angry frown ...
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... . How happy here should I , And one dear She , live , and embracing die ! She , who is all the world , and can exclude In deserts solitude . I should have then this only fear Lest men , Lyra Elegantiarum . 55 LXXXI. ...
... . How happy here should I , And one dear She , live , and embracing die ! She , who is all the world , and can exclude In deserts solitude . I should have then this only fear Lest men , Lyra Elegantiarum . 55 LXXXI. ...
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