 Thyrsis, when we parted, swore Ere the spring he would return. Ah ! what means yon violet flower, And the bud that decks the thorn ! 'Twas the lark that upward sprung, 'Twas the nightingale that sung. Idle notes! untimely green! Why this unavailing haste...  The Letters of Horace Walpole: 1759-1769 - Page 161by Horace Walpole - 1842Full view - About this book
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...! Why this unavailing halle ? Weftern zaies and fkjes ferene Speak not always winter pall. С cafe my doubts, my fears to move, Spare the honour of my love. SONNET TO LAURA. OWEET is the murmur of the vernal bee, " Wand'ring fo wild the funny flow'rs among;... | |
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