Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
From inside the book
Results 11-15 of 42
Page 119
... maid ! A visage so sad , and so pale with affright , Waked Priam in drawing his curtains by night ! But we quickly found out - for who could mistake her- That she came with some terrible news from the baker ; And so it fell out , for ...
... maid ! A visage so sad , and so pale with affright , Waked Priam in drawing his curtains by night ! But we quickly found out - for who could mistake her- That she came with some terrible news from the baker ; And so it fell out , for ...
Page 125
... maid so ? This breast - knot he yesterday brought from the wake , And softly entreated I'd wear❜t for his sake , Such trifles are easy enough to bestow : I sure deserve more for his plaguing me so ! He hands me each eve from the cot to ...
... maid so ? This breast - knot he yesterday brought from the wake , And softly entreated I'd wear❜t for his sake , Such trifles are easy enough to bestow : I sure deserve more for his plaguing me so ! He hands me each eve from the cot to ...
Page 132
... maids declare , The promised May , when seen , Not half so fragrant , half so fair , As Kate of Aberdeen . Strike up the tabor's boldest notes , We'll rouse the nodding grove ; The nested birds shall raise their throats , And hail the maid ...
... maids declare , The promised May , when seen , Not half so fragrant , half so fair , As Kate of Aberdeen . Strike up the tabor's boldest notes , We'll rouse the nodding grove ; The nested birds shall raise their throats , And hail the maid ...
Page 133
... maid , you won't take it amiss , If I tell you my reason for asking you this ; I would see you safe home- ( now the swain was in love ! ) --- Of such a companion if you would approve . Your offer , kind shepherd , is civil , I own , But ...
... maid , you won't take it amiss , If I tell you my reason for asking you this ; I would see you safe home- ( now the swain was in love ! ) --- Of such a companion if you would approve . Your offer , kind shepherd , is civil , I own , But ...
Page 135
... : Where my attendants , to their sorrow , Are bid to come again to - morrow . To - morrow they return , no doubt , But then , like you , sir , I'm gone out . So says my maid ; but they less civil Give Lyra Elegantiarum . 135.
... : Where my attendants , to their sorrow , Are bid to come again to - morrow . To - morrow they return , no doubt , But then , like you , sir , I'm gone out . So says my maid ; but they less civil Give Lyra Elegantiarum . 135.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alexander Pope beauty Ben Jonson bliss blush Bouillabaisse bright Burnham-beeches C. S. Calverley charms cheek Chloe cried Cupid dear delight Derry doth Earl eyes face fair fear flowers give gone grace grave hand happy hath hear heart Heaven heigh-ho John Wolcot kind kiss Lady laugh lips live look Lord Love's lover maid Matthew Prior mind morning muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain passion play pleasant pleasure poem poet Poetical poor Praed pray Robert Herrick rose round shepherd sigh sing sleep smile soft song soul sure swain sweet taste tears tell thee There's thine thing Thomas Thomas Carew Thomas Hood Thomas Moore thou thought thro tree true Twas Unknown verse Walter Savage Landor wife William William Cowper William Makepeace Thackeray wine wish young youth