The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 87
... lost are found again , this never , ' Tis lost but once , and once lost , lost for ever . Now had the morn espied her lover's steeds , Whereat she starts , puts on her purple weeds , And red for anger that he stayed so long , All ...
... lost are found again , this never , ' Tis lost but once , and once lost , lost for ever . Now had the morn espied her lover's steeds , Whereat she starts , puts on her purple weeds , And red for anger that he stayed so long , All ...
Page 498
... LOST the love of heaven above , I spurned the lust of earth below , I felt the sweets of fancied love , And hell itself my only foe . I lost earth's joys , but felt the glow Of heaven's flame abound in me , Till loveliness and I did ...
... LOST the love of heaven above , I spurned the lust of earth below , I felt the sweets of fancied love , And hell itself my only foe . I lost earth's joys , but felt the glow Of heaven's flame abound in me , Till loveliness and I did ...
Page 557
... LOST LEADER JUST for a handful of silver he left us , Just for a riband to stick in his coat – Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us , Lost all the others she lets us devote ; They , with the gold to give , doled him out silver ...
... LOST LEADER JUST for a handful of silver he left us , Just for a riband to stick in his coat – Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us , Lost all the others she lets us devote ; They , with the gold to give , doled him out silver ...
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