Gems of Literature: Elegant, Rare, and SuggestiveW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 147 pages |
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... Hour , Foster , Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Gray ,. Tombs and Epitaphs , The Fallen Wolsey , The Pilgrims and the Peas , Thomas Fuller , Shakspeare , Pindar , SUBJECTS . The Summer's Call , On the Massacre at X CONTENTS .
... Hour , Foster , Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Gray ,. Tombs and Epitaphs , The Fallen Wolsey , The Pilgrims and the Peas , Thomas Fuller , Shakspeare , Pindar , SUBJECTS . The Summer's Call , On the Massacre at X CONTENTS .
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... it rest , like a delicate flower , - Oh , breathe on it softly - it dies in an hour . ( Kirke White . ) MILD offspring of a dark. ' WAS whisper'd in heaven , ' twas mutter'd in hell , TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE . 4 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
... it rest , like a delicate flower , - Oh , breathe on it softly - it dies in an hour . ( Kirke White . ) MILD offspring of a dark. ' WAS whisper'd in heaven , ' twas mutter'd in hell , TO AN EARLY PRIMROSE . 4 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
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... acts is right . O teach me in the trying hour , When anguish swells the dewy tear , To still my sorrows , own thy power , Thy goodness love , thy justice fear . If in this bosom aught but thee , Encroaching sought. 6 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
... acts is right . O teach me in the trying hour , When anguish swells the dewy tear , To still my sorrows , own thy power , Thy goodness love , thy justice fear . If in this bosom aught but thee , Encroaching sought. 6 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
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... hour ? Thy foul harem ; the curses of mothers , the tears and infamy of daughters ? Miserable man ! thou " hast done evil as thou couldst ; " thy whole existence seems one hideous abortion and mistake of nature ; the use and meaning of ...
... hour ? Thy foul harem ; the curses of mothers , the tears and infamy of daughters ? Miserable man ! thou " hast done evil as thou couldst ; " thy whole existence seems one hideous abortion and mistake of nature ; the use and meaning of ...
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... hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my power , Thou bonnie gem . Alas ! it's no thy neibor sweet , The bonnie lark , companion meet , Bending thee ' mang the dewy weet ! Wi ' speckled ...
... hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my power , Thou bonnie gem . Alas ! it's no thy neibor sweet , The bonnie lark , companion meet , Bending thee ' mang the dewy weet ! Wi ' speckled ...
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