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Grasshopper, The  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
O thou that swing'st upon the waving hair
Of some well-fillèd oaten beard...
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Gratiana Dancing  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
She beat the happy pavement
By such a star made firmament,
Which now no more the roof envìes!
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Scrutinie, The  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
Why should you swear I am forsworn,
Since thine I vow'd to be?
Lady it is already Morn,
And 'twas last night I swore to thee
That fond impossibility.
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Tell Me Not, Sweet  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind
For, from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind,
To war and arms I fly.
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To Althea From Prison  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
When Love with unconfined wings
Hovers within my Gates;
And my divine Althea brings
To whisper at the Grates:
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To Amarantha, that She Would Dishevel Her Hair  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
Amarantha sweet and fair,
Ah, braid no more that shining hair!
As my curious hand or eye
Hovering round thee, let it fly!
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To Lucasta Going Beyond The Seas  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
If to be absent were to be
Away from thee;
Or that when I am gone
You or I were alone;
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To Lucasta Going To The Wars  (by: Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657))
Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
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