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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... bright wit , and radiant eyes , You must be grave , and I be wise . Our fate in vain we would oppose : But I'll be still your friend in prose ; Esteem and friendship to express , Will not require poetic dress ; . And , if the Muse deny ...
... bright wit , and radiant eyes , You must be grave , and I be wise . Our fate in vain we would oppose : But I'll be still your friend in prose ; Esteem and friendship to express , Will not require poetic dress ; . And , if the Muse deny ...
Page 97
... bright ) An emblem of her beauteous mind , By nature clad in white . Securely thou may'st touch the fair , Whom few securely can ; May'st press her breast , her lip , her hair , Or wanton with her fan : May'st coach it with her to and ...
... bright ) An emblem of her beauteous mind , By nature clad in white . Securely thou may'st touch the fair , Whom few securely can ; May'st press her breast , her lip , her hair , Or wanton with her fan : May'st coach it with her to and ...
Page 123
... cot or humble Inn . ' Tis here with boundless power I reign , And every health which I begin , Converts dull port to bright champagne ; For Freedom crowns it , at an Inn . I fly from pomp , I fly from plate , Lyra Elegantiarum . 123.
... cot or humble Inn . ' Tis here with boundless power I reign , And every health which I begin , Converts dull port to bright champagne ; For Freedom crowns it , at an Inn . I fly from pomp , I fly from plate , Lyra Elegantiarum . 123.
Page 141
... yet been kind , How bright the prospect of the mind . O ! had I had it in my power To wed her - with a suited dower- And proudly bear the beauteous maid To Saltrum's venerable shade Lyra Elegantiarum . 141 CLXXXIX. ...
... yet been kind , How bright the prospect of the mind . O ! had I had it in my power To wed her - with a suited dower- And proudly bear the beauteous maid To Saltrum's venerable shade Lyra Elegantiarum . 141 CLXXXIX. ...
Page 149
... bright as my ancestor's shines , Mine recorded in journals , his blazon'd on signs ! The Right Hon . George Canning . CXCVIII . KING CRACK AND HIS IDOLS . Written after the late negotiation for a new ministry . KING CRACK was the best ...
... bright as my ancestor's shines , Mine recorded in journals , his blazon'd on signs ! The Right Hon . George Canning . CXCVIII . KING CRACK AND HIS IDOLS . Written after the late negotiation for a new ministry . KING CRACK was the best ...
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