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... bear to part From thee , and learn to halve my heart ? Years have not seen , time shall not see The hour that tears my soul from thee . Wives in their husband's absences grow subtler , And daughters sometimes run off with the butler ...
... bear to part From thee , and learn to halve my heart ? Years have not seen , time shall not see The hour that tears my soul from thee . Wives in their husband's absences grow subtler , And daughters sometimes run off with the butler ...
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... bear affronts , too great to be forgiven , And not have power to punish . Dryden , Sp . Friar . Young men soon forgive , and forget affronts ; Old is slow in both . age A moral , sensible , and well - bred man Addison , Cato . Will not ...
... bear affronts , too great to be forgiven , And not have power to punish . Dryden , Sp . Friar . Young men soon forgive , and forget affronts ; Old is slow in both . age A moral , sensible , and well - bred man Addison , Cato . Will not ...
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... bear the marks upon a blushing face , Of needless shame , and self - impos'd disgrace . Cowper , Conv . So bright the tear in beauty's eye , Love half regrets to kiss it dry ; So sweet the blush of bashfulness , E'en pity scarce can ...
... bear the marks upon a blushing face , Of needless shame , and self - impos'd disgrace . Cowper , Conv . So bright the tear in beauty's eye , Love half regrets to kiss it dry ; So sweet the blush of bashfulness , E'en pity scarce can ...
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... bear ; Some none resist , though not exceeding fair . The Spirit of Beauty unfurls her light , And wheels her course in a joyous flight ! I know her track through the balmy air , By the blossoms that cluster and whiten there : She ...
... bear ; Some none resist , though not exceeding fair . The Spirit of Beauty unfurls her light , And wheels her course in a joyous flight ! I know her track through the balmy air , By the blossoms that cluster and whiten there : She ...
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... bear up , and steer Right onward . BLISS - see Happiness . Milton , Sonnet XXII . 1 . Pope . Condition , circumstance , is not the thing , Bliss is the same in subject or in king . The spider's most attenuated web Is cord , is cable ...
... bear up , and steer Right onward . BLISS - see Happiness . Milton , Sonnet XXII . 1 . Pope . Condition , circumstance , is not the thing , Bliss is the same in subject or in king . The spider's most attenuated web Is cord , is cable ...
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