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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Page 67
... Less your laughter , that I love . Tho ' I now write fifty years , I have had , and have my peers ; Poets , tho ' divine , are men : Some have loved as old again . And it is not always face , Clothes , or fortune , gives the grace ; Or ...
... Less your laughter , that I love . Tho ' I now write fifty years , I have had , and have my peers ; Poets , tho ' divine , are men : Some have loved as old again . And it is not always face , Clothes , or fortune , gives the grace ; Or ...
Page 68
... less blooming than her face , The scent less fragrant than her breath . The flowers she wore along the day ; And every nymph and shepherd said , That in her hair they looked more gay , Than glowing in their native bed . Undrest at ...
... less blooming than her face , The scent less fragrant than her breath . The flowers she wore along the day ; And every nymph and shepherd said , That in her hair they looked more gay , Than glowing in their native bed . Undrest at ...
Page 77
... less , no doubt She must have long ago run out . Then who can think we'll quit the place , When Doll hangs out a newer face ; Or stop and light at Chloe's head , With scraps and leavings to be fed ? Then , Chloe , still go on to prate ...
... less , no doubt She must have long ago run out . Then who can think we'll quit the place , When Doll hangs out a newer face ; Or stop and light at Chloe's head , With scraps and leavings to be fed ? Then , Chloe , still go on to prate ...
Page 83
... Less age will serve than Paris had , Small pain ( if none be small enow ) To find good store of Helen's trade : Such sap the root doth yield the bough ! For one good wife , Ulysses slew A worthy knot of gentle blood : For one ill wife ...
... Less age will serve than Paris had , Small pain ( if none be small enow ) To find good store of Helen's trade : Such sap the root doth yield the bough ! For one good wife , Ulysses slew A worthy knot of gentle blood : For one ill wife ...
Page 101
... Less would be my pain and care ; But the youth I love to shun ! Who could such a trial bear ? Who , that such a swain did see , Who could love , and fly , like me ? Cruel duty bids me go ; Gentle love commands my Lyra Elegantiarum . 101.
... Less would be my pain and care ; But the youth I love to shun ! Who could such a trial bear ? Who , that such a swain did see , Who could love , and fly , like me ? Cruel duty bids me go ; Gentle love commands my Lyra Elegantiarum . 101.
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