Love
A Little Cornet of Dragoons
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
A little cornet of dragoons,
Immerst in gilded pantaloons,
To ldss consenting Helen aim'd:
He rais'd his head, but 'twas so low,
She cried, (and pusht away her beau, )
" Go, creature! are you not ashamed? "
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Landor, Walter Savage. “A Little Cornet of Dragoons.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/505/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “A Little Cornet of Dragoons.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/505/.
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