The muses of Mayfair, selections from vers de société of the nineteenth century, by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell1874 |
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... half Messalina , Lovely piece of Sèvres china , When I see you , I compare You with common , quiet creatures , Homely delf in ways and features- Beauty Clare ! Surely Nature must have meant you For a Syren , when she sent you That sweet ...
... half Messalina , Lovely piece of Sèvres china , When I see you , I compare You with common , quiet creatures , Homely delf in ways and features- Beauty Clare ! Surely Nature must have meant you For a Syren , when she sent you That sweet ...
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... half dashed by the " blues " - - With cheers in her heart for the crew who are winning , Whilst tears fill her eyes for those fated to loes . If you'll narrowly watch ' midst the noise and contention , You'll note , as her Arab paws ...
... half dashed by the " blues " - - With cheers in her heart for the crew who are winning , Whilst tears fill her eyes for those fated to loes . If you'll narrowly watch ' midst the noise and contention , You'll note , as her Arab paws ...
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... Half demurely , But , though purely , Most , most surely Wishing she were riding , riding by my side . In leafy alleys , Where sunlight dallies , Pleasant were it , bonnie , to be riding rein by rein ; And where summer tosses , All ...
... Half demurely , But , though purely , Most , most surely Wishing she were riding , riding by my side . In leafy alleys , Where sunlight dallies , Pleasant were it , bonnie , to be riding rein by rein ; And where summer tosses , All ...
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... half out of their sockets ; That hair's not so bad where the gloss is , But they've made the girl's nose a proboscis : Jane Lamb that we danced with at Vichy . What ! is she not Jane ? then , who is she ? 62 A LIKENESS . All that I own is ...
... half out of their sockets ; That hair's not so bad where the gloss is , But they've made the girl's nose a proboscis : Jane Lamb that we danced with at Vichy . What ! is she not Jane ? then , who is she ? 62 A LIKENESS . All that I own is ...
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... nigher ; Love me for the house and grave , And for something higher . Thus , if thou wilt prove me , dear , Woman's love no fable , I will love thee - half a year- As a man is able . ON FAM E. LORD BYRON . H , talk not.
... nigher ; Love me for the house and grave , And for something higher . Thus , if thou wilt prove me , dear , Woman's love no fable , I will love thee - half a year- As a man is able . ON FAM E. LORD BYRON . H , talk not.
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Página 147 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...
Página 145 - I SAW him once before^ As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.
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Página 169 - JENNY kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kissed me.
Página 75 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story; The days of our youth are the days of our glory; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Página 5 - Emanuel On Diamonds and Precious Stones ; their History, Value, and Properties ; with Simple Tests for ascertaining their Reality. By HARRY EMANUEL, FRGS With numerous Illustrations, Tinted and Plain. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Illustrations, js.
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Página 321 - If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf. If I were what the words are, And love were like the tune, With double sound and single Delight our lips would mingle, With kisses glad as birds are That get sweet rain at noon ; If I were what the words are And love were like the tune.
Página 16 - Their Poems, Letters, and Remains. With Reminiscences and Notes by W. CAREW HAZLITT. With HANCOCK'S Portrait of the Essayist, Facsimiles of the Title-pages of the rare First Editions of Lamb's and Coleridge's Works, and numerous Illustrations. " Very many passages will delight those fond of literary trifles ; hardly any portion will fail in interest for lovers of Charles Lamb and his sister.