Periodical Criticism, Volume 5Robert Cadell, 1836 |
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... which not nice Art In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Poured out profuse on hill , and dale , and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierced shade Embrowned the noontide ...
... which not nice Art In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Poured out profuse on hill , and dale , and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierced shade Embrowned the noontide ...
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