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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... gave way , Her empty purse beside her lay . Nymph , ah ! cease thy sorrow . Though curst Fortune frown to - night , This odious town can give delight , If you win to - morrow . John Gay . XCVI . THE FEMALE PHAETON . THUS Kitty ...
... gave way , Her empty purse beside her lay . Nymph , ah ! cease thy sorrow . Though curst Fortune frown to - night , This odious town can give delight , If you win to - morrow . John Gay . XCVI . THE FEMALE PHAETON . THUS Kitty ...
Page 66
... gave way : Kitty , at heart's desire , Obtain'd the chariot for a day , And set the world on fire . Matthew Prior . XCVII . FALSE tho ' she be to me and love I'll ne'er pursue revenge ; For still the charmer I approve , Tho ' I deplore ...
... gave way : Kitty , at heart's desire , Obtain'd the chariot for a day , And set the world on fire . Matthew Prior . XCVII . FALSE tho ' she be to me and love I'll ne'er pursue revenge ; For still the charmer I approve , Tho ' I deplore ...
Page 88
... gave me my will , I would give him no rest ; And rather than come in the same pair of sheets With such a cross man , I would lie in the streets : But , madam , I beg you , contrive and invent , And worry him out , till he gives his ...
... gave me my will , I would give him no rest ; And rather than come in the same pair of sheets With such a cross man , I would lie in the streets : But , madam , I beg you , contrive and invent , And worry him out , till he gives his ...
Page 94
... gave a knock , And thus the steeple gave a shock : From whence the neighbouring farmer calls , The steeple , Knock : the Vicar , Walls . The vicar once a week creeps in , Sits with his knees up to his chin ; Here cons his notes , and ...
... gave a knock , And thus the steeple gave a shock : From whence the neighbouring farmer calls , The steeple , Knock : the Vicar , Walls . The vicar once a week creeps in , Sits with his knees up to his chin ; Here cons his notes , and ...
Page 99
... that always art leaping or aching , What black , brown , or fair , in what clime , in what nation , By turns has not taught thee a pit - a - pat - ation ? Thus accused , the wild thing gave this sober reply Lyra Elegantiarum . 66 99.
... that always art leaping or aching , What black , brown , or fair , in what clime , in what nation , By turns has not taught thee a pit - a - pat - ation ? Thus accused , the wild thing gave this sober reply Lyra Elegantiarum . 66 99.
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