Old-world Idylls: And Other VersesKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1885 - 245 psl. |
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... strange , unwonted laughter , The gloomy garden , having smiled , Became the gloomier after . ACT THE SECOND . Yes they were gone , the stage was bare , — Blank as before ; and therefore , Sinking within the patient's chair , Half vexed ...
... strange , unwonted laughter , The gloomy garden , having smiled , Became the gloomier after . ACT THE SECOND . Yes they were gone , the stage was bare , — Blank as before ; and therefore , Sinking within the patient's chair , Half vexed ...
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... , All day - in " Cupid's Alley . " Strange dance ! ' Tis free to Rank and Rags ; Here no distinction flatters , Here Riches shakes its money - bags , And Poverty its tatters ; 143 Church , Army , Navy , Physic , Law ;
... , All day - in " Cupid's Alley . " Strange dance ! ' Tis free to Rank and Rags ; Here no distinction flatters , Here Riches shakes its money - bags , And Poverty its tatters ; 143 Church , Army , Navy , Physic , Law ;
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... Strange pairs ! To laughing , fresh Fifteen Here capers Prudence thrifty ; Here Prodigal leads down the green A blushing Maid of fifty ; Some treat it as a serious thing , And some but shilly - shally ; And some have danced without the ...
... Strange pairs ! To laughing , fresh Fifteen Here capers Prudence thrifty ; Here Prodigal leads down the green A blushing Maid of fifty ; Some treat it as a serious thing , And some but shilly - shally ; And some have danced without the ...
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... Strange cures are wrought ( mine author saith ) , Strange cures ! —in “ Cupid's Alley . ” It may be one will dance to - day , And dance no more to - morrow ; It may be one will steal away And nurse a life - long sorrow ; What then ? The ...
... Strange cures are wrought ( mine author saith ) , Strange cures ! —in “ Cupid's Alley . ” It may be one will dance to - day , And dance no more to - morrow ; It may be one will steal away And nurse a life - long sorrow ; What then ? The ...
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... the Bird . I turned , and passed along ; But Time and Death , Eternity and Change , Talked with me ever , and the climbing song Rose in my hearing , beautiful and strange . 157 H THE CHILD - MUSICIAN . E had played for.
... the Bird . I turned , and passed along ; But Time and Death , Eternity and Change , Talked with me ever , and the climbing song Rose in my hearing , beautiful and strange . 157 H THE CHILD - MUSICIAN . E had played for.
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Autonoë BABETTE BALLAD OF BEAU BARON BEAU BROCADE beauty Belle Marquise BEN JONSON bird blue Boucher bright eyes brow Caliph CHALCEDONY CIRCE comes COUNTESS Cupid's Alley dance dead dear DENISE DOLLY Dorothy dream E'en eyes face fair flowers FRANÇOIS BOUCHER FRANK garden grace gray grew heart Here's a present IDYLL intended an Ode king more terrible kissed me to-day knew L'ÉTOILE last year's nest laughing LAWRENCE London stones look Love Love's M'sieu Madam Maid Monsieur Muse myrtle twine Naught but myrtle NINETTE NINON o'er once PLATO POET present for Rose PRINCESS PROCRIS rhyme RONDEAU saw you last School of Coquettes sigh sing smile Stand and Deliver stirred sweet terrible than Death THEOCRITUS There's a tear thing thou thought thrush TRIOLETS turned Twas twixt vacant dwelling VIEUXBOIS VILLANELLE watch weary wind-flower yore
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