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... out of place . There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul ; And he whose lightnings pierced the Iberian lines Now forms my quincunx and now ranks my vines ; Or tames the genius of the stubborn ...
... out of place . There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul ; And he whose lightnings pierced the Iberian lines Now forms my quincunx and now ranks my vines ; Or tames the genius of the stubborn ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Flowers and Flower-gardens |
| Author | David Lester Richardson |
| Publisher | D'Rozario and Company, 1855 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 1, 2007 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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