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Page 57
Blest , who can unconcern'dly find Hours , days , and years slide soft away In
health of body , peace of mind , Quiet by day , Sound sleep by night ; study and
ease Together mix'd , sweet recreation And innocence , which most doth please
With ...
Blest , who can unconcern'dly find Hours , days , and years slide soft away In
health of body , peace of mind , Quiet by day , Sound sleep by night ; study and
ease Together mix'd , sweet recreation And innocence , which most doth please
With ...
Page 88
Dear madam , whene'er of a barrack I think , An I were to be hang'd I can't sleep a
wink : For if a new crotchet comes into my brain , I can't get it out , though I'd never
so fain . I fancy already a barrack contrived At Hamilton's Bawn , and the ...
Dear madam , whene'er of a barrack I think , An I were to be hang'd I can't sleep a
wink : For if a new crotchet comes into my brain , I can't get it out , though I'd never
so fain . I fancy already a barrack contrived At Hamilton's Bawn , and the ...
Page 91
... Till death unfelt that tender frame destroy , In some soft dream , or ecstasy of
joy ; Peaceful sleep out the Sabbath of the tomb , And wake to raptures in a life to
come ! Alexander Popu CXXI . 1 PR'YTHEE , Chloe , not so fast , Let's not run
and ...
... Till death unfelt that tender frame destroy , In some soft dream , or ecstasy of
joy ; Peaceful sleep out the Sabbath of the tomb , And wake to raptures in a life to
come ! Alexander Popu CXXI . 1 PR'YTHEE , Chloe , not so fast , Let's not run
and ...
Page 99
I said to my heart , between sleeping and waking , Thou wild thing , 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 ...
I said to my heart , between sleeping and waking , Thou wild thing , 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 ...
Page 108
1 ADVICE TO A LADY IN AUTUMN . Asses ' milk , half a pint , take at seven , or
before , Then sleep for an hour or two , and no more . At nine stretch your arms ,
and oh ! think when alone There's no pleasure in bed . - Mary , bring me my gown
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1 ADVICE TO A LADY IN AUTUMN . Asses ' milk , half a pint , take at seven , or
before , Then sleep for an hour or two , and no more . At nine stretch your arms ,
and oh ! think when alone There's no pleasure in bed . - Mary , bring me my gown
.
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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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