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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... sweet concluded : And Phillida , with garlands gay , Was made the lady of the May . Nicholas Breton . X. SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee : But if from you they've learnt such ill , To ...
... sweet concluded : And Phillida , with garlands gay , Was made the lady of the May . Nicholas Breton . X. SEND back my long - stray'd eyes to me , Which , O ! too long have dwelt on thee : But if from you they've learnt such ill , To ...
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... lost ; The height of my disdain shall be To laugh at him , to blush for thee ; To love thee still , but go no more A - begging to a beggar's door . Sir Robert Aytor . XII . THE SILENT LOVER . WRONG not , sweet 8 Lyra Elegantiarum . XI. ...
... lost ; The height of my disdain shall be To laugh at him , to blush for thee ; To love thee still , but go no more A - begging to a beggar's door . Sir Robert Aytor . XII . THE SILENT LOVER . WRONG not , sweet 8 Lyra Elegantiarum . XI. ...
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... sweet empress of my heart , The merit of true passion , With thinking that he feels no smart , That sues for no compassion ; Since , if my plaints serve not to approve The conquest of thy beauty , It comes not from defect of love , But ...
... sweet empress of my heart , The merit of true passion , With thinking that he feels no smart , That sues for no compassion ; Since , if my plaints serve not to approve The conquest of thy beauty , It comes not from defect of love , But ...
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... sweet beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there , where'er I go , I leave my heart behind me . Unknown . XIV . PHILLIS is my only ...
... sweet beauty , past compare , Made my poor eyes the bolder . Where beauty moves , and wit delights , And signs of kindness bind me , There , oh ! there , where'er I go , I leave my heart behind me . Unknown . XIV . PHILLIS is my only ...
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... sweet , yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets , Thy favours are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one , Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch ...
... sweet , yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets , Thy favours are but like the wind , That kisses everything it meets : And since thou canst with more than one , Thou'rt worthy to be kiss'd by none . The morning rose , that untouch ...
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