Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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... spring , and the spring to childhood and youth ; the noon corresponds to the summer , and the sum- mer to the strength of manhood ; the evening is an em- blem of autumn , and autumn of declining life ; the night shews the winter , and ...
... spring , and the spring to childhood and youth ; the noon corresponds to the summer , and the sum- mer to the strength of manhood ; the evening is an em- blem of autumn , and autumn of declining life ; the night shews the winter , and ...
Page 206
... spring the partridge from the guileful foe , From secret snares the struggling bird to free , And stop the hand uprais'd to give the blow . Or turn to nobler , greater tasks thy care , To me thy sympathetic gifts impart ; Teach me in ...
... spring the partridge from the guileful foe , From secret snares the struggling bird to free , And stop the hand uprais'd to give the blow . Or turn to nobler , greater tasks thy care , To me thy sympathetic gifts impart ; Teach me in ...
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... spring to light , auspicious babe ! be born . See nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forests on the mountains dance : See spicy ...
... spring to light , auspicious babe ! be born . See nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forests on the mountains dance : See spicy ...
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