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Cause her fortune seems too high , Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear
a noble mind Where they want of riches find , Think what with them they would do
Who without them dare to woo : And unless that mind I see , What care I tho ...
Cause her fortune seems too high , Shall I play the fool and die ? Those that bear
a noble mind Where they want of riches find , Think what with them they would do
Who without them dare to woo : And unless that mind I see , What care I tho ...
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But it must play Still either way , And be , too , such a yoke As not too wide , To
overslide ; Or be so straight to choke . So we , who bear This team , must rear
Ourselves to such a height As that the stay Of either may Create the burthen light
.
But it must play Still either way , And be , too , such a yoke As not too wide , To
overslide ; Or be so straight to choke . So we , who bear This team , must rear
Ourselves to such a height As that the stay Of either may Create the burthen light
.
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... down to raise The price of prologues and of plays , Be every birthday more a
winner , Digest his thirty - thousandth dinner ; Walk to his grave without reproach ,
And scorn a rascal and a coach ! Alexander Pope . D XLVIII . LOVE AND DEBT .
... down to raise The price of prologues and of plays , Be every birthday more a
winner , Digest his thirty - thousandth dinner ; Walk to his grave without reproach ,
And scorn a rascal and a coach ! Alexander Pope . D XLVIII . LOVE AND DEBT .
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... the love - sick air ; Whenas that ruby which you wear , Sunk from the tip of your
soft ear , Will last to be a precious stone When all your world of beauty's gone .
Robert Herrick . LXI . A FRAGMENT . Love in her sunny eyes does basking play ...
... the love - sick air ; Whenas that ruby which you wear , Sunk from the tip of your
soft ear , Will last to be a precious stone When all your world of beauty's gone .
Robert Herrick . LXI . A FRAGMENT . Love in her sunny eyes does basking play ...
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Within my Lucia's cheek , ( Whose livery ye wear ) Play ye at hide or seek , I'm
sure to find ye there . Robert Herrick . LXIII . THE PRESENT MOMENT . All my
past life is mine no more , The flying hours are gone ; Like transitory dreams
given ...
Within my Lucia's cheek , ( Whose livery ye wear ) Play ye at hide or seek , I'm
sure to find ye there . Robert Herrick . LXIII . THE PRESENT MOMENT . All my
past life is mine no more , The flying hours are gone ; Like transitory dreams
given ...
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| Title | Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English Authors Volume 21 of Minerva library of famous books The Minerva Library Volume 21 of The Minerva library of famous books. Ed. by G. T. Bettany. [v. 21] |
| Editors | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Ward, Lock, 1891 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 425 pages |
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