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The Poetical Works of Andrew Lang

Edited by Mrs. Lang

Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)

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XVI SONGS FROM ‘THE WORLD'S DESIRE’ AND ‘CLEOPATRA’

From ‘THE WORLD'S DESIRE’

FROM ‘CLEOPATRA’

EPILOGUE

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From Colletet

My books, my heart's delight beware
Of quitting the domestic shelves!
I say when folk would bid me lend,
‘My books are wives to me, my friend;
You may admire them, if you care;
But no, they never lend themselves!’