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... sight and strange . ' ( John Milton . Paradise Lost , IV . 1667 ) The foolishness and uselessness of seeking the original site of Eden is very prettily put by Whittier in a poem that he entitles just Garden . He was often a little too ...
... sight and strange . ' ( John Milton . Paradise Lost , IV . 1667 ) The foolishness and uselessness of seeking the original site of Eden is very prettily put by Whittier in a poem that he entitles just Garden . He was often a little too ...
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... sight of the cows swinging their tails in the deep pasture . On either hand was a dense thicket , with an edging of bright flowers - a straight edge , on this side and that , so that the lawn was a great square . From the further side ...
... sight of the cows swinging their tails in the deep pasture . On either hand was a dense thicket , with an edging of bright flowers - a straight edge , on this side and that , so that the lawn was a great square . From the further side ...
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... sight of these made me stay my hand . I remember , when I was young , How easily my mood changed from sad to gay . If I saw wine , no matter at what season , Before I drank it , my heart was already glad . But now that age comes A ...
... sight of these made me stay my hand . I remember , when I was young , How easily my mood changed from sad to gay . If I saw wine , no matter at what season , Before I drank it , my heart was already glad . But now that age comes A ...
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A. C. Swinburne Alexander Pope autumn beauty bees birds bloom blossoms botanic boughs breath called century charming colour cultivated daisies delight dial earth England English eyes famous favourite field fountains fruit Garden of Eden Gilbert White golden grass green groves grow H. A. L. Fisher happy hath hedge herbs J. B. S. Haldane John Evelyn labour lawn leaves less lilies live look Lord meadow motto nature never orchard Paradise perhaps physic garden pink plants pleasant pleasure poets Queen romance roses round scent season seed seen shade sing smell soil sort spring summer sweet Sylvia Townsend Warner thee things thou thought Timothy trees tulips unto vegetable verse violet W. H. Davies W. H. Hudson walk wall weeds wild flowers wilderness William William Shakespeare wind winter wood