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LYRA ELEGANTIARUM.

A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE BEST SPECIMENS

OF

VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ

AND

VERS D'OCCASION

IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

BY DECEASED AUTHORS.

EDITED BY FREDERICK LOCKER

A NEW AND REVISED EDITION.

'J'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs, n'y ayant fourny du mien
que le filet à les lier."-MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE.

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4 LONDON:
EDWARD MOXON & CO., DOVER STREET.
1867.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

1858.• July 13.

Fund.

LONDON:

BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

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"THESE pieces commonly go under the title of poetical amusements; but these amusements have sometimes gained as much reputation to their authors, as works of a more serious nature.

"It is surprising how much the mind is entertained and enlivened by these little poetical compositions, as they turn upon subjects of gallantry, satire, tenderness, politeness, and everything, in short, that concerns life, and the affairs of the world."

PLINY TO Tuscus.

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