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... silence envious tongues . 58 Shaks .: Henry VIII . Act iii . Sc . 2 . Give thy thoughts no tongue , Nor any unproportion'd thought his act . Be thou familiar , but by no means vulgar . The friends thou hast , and their adoption tried ...
... silence envious tongues . 58 Shaks .: Henry VIII . Act iii . Sc . 2 . Give thy thoughts no tongue , Nor any unproportion'd thought his act . Be thou familiar , but by no means vulgar . The friends thou hast , and their adoption tried ...
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... silent , save the faint And interrupted murmur of the bee Settling on the sick flowers , and then again Instantly on the wing . 81 AGE see Old Age , Years . When the age is in , the wit is out . 82 Bryant : Summer Wind . Shaks .: Much ...
... silent , save the faint And interrupted murmur of the bee Settling on the sick flowers , and then again Instantly on the wing . 81 AGE see Old Age , Years . When the age is in , the wit is out . 82 Bryant : Summer Wind . Shaks .: Much ...
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... Silent above the flowers , her children lost , Slain by the arrows of the early frost . The clouded Heaven above is pale and gray , The misty Earth below is wan and drear , The baying winds chase all the leaves away , As cruel hounds ...
... Silent above the flowers , her children lost , Slain by the arrows of the early frost . The clouded Heaven above is pale and gray , The misty Earth below is wan and drear , The baying winds chase all the leaves away , As cruel hounds ...
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... Silence sits in faded bowers . There is a shadow on the plain Of Winter ere he comes again . 266 Hood : Departure of Summer . I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence , listening To silence , for no lonely bird ...
... Silence sits in faded bowers . There is a shadow on the plain Of Winter ere he comes again . 266 Hood : Departure of Summer . I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence , listening To silence , for no lonely bird ...
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... Silent Woman . Act i . Sc . 1 . Eyes that could see her on this summer - day Might find it hard to turn another way . She had a pensive beauty ; yet not sad ; Rather , like minor cadences that glad The hearts of little birds amid spring ...
... Silent Woman . Act i . Sc . 1 . Eyes that could see her on this summer - day Might find it hard to turn another way . She had a pensive beauty ; yet not sad ; Rather , like minor cadences that glad The hearts of little birds amid spring ...
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