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... breast , From blessing - to be blest . " And all shall mourn for him , for he only shall come to the grave , because in him there is found some good thing . " - 1 Kings , c . xiv , v . 13 . CONTENTS . The Pleasures of Spring The ...
... breast , From blessing - to be blest . " And all shall mourn for him , for he only shall come to the grave , because in him there is found some good thing . " - 1 Kings , c . xiv , v . 13 . CONTENTS . The Pleasures of Spring The ...
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... breast , call not thyself afflicted . There are no sorrows but those of final separation ; and even for those , bitter as they are , the God of Mercy has provided consolations . If such griefs can be consoled , let not affliction ...
... breast , call not thyself afflicted . There are no sorrows but those of final separation ; and even for those , bitter as they are , the God of Mercy has provided consolations . If such griefs can be consoled , let not affliction ...
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... thy home . The abode and the circle remain the same . But how art thou changed ! Thy senses and thy feelings are re- fined and impulsed . Every domestic claim presses with freshened interest on thy breast OF WINTER . 41.
... thy home . The abode and the circle remain the same . But how art thou changed ! Thy senses and thy feelings are re- fined and impulsed . Every domestic claim presses with freshened interest on thy breast OF WINTER . 41.
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Maria Elizabeth Budden. Every domestic claim presses with freshened interest on thy breast . The wine is richer to thy taste ; the fire burns brighter to thy eye ; the air breathes warmer to thy touch . Whence comes this change ? Thou ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. Every domestic claim presses with freshened interest on thy breast . The wine is richer to thy taste ; the fire burns brighter to thy eye ; the air breathes warmer to thy touch . Whence comes this change ? Thou ...
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... breast . 99 If then with rage , with melancholy , or with dullness overcome , Yield to the strains of melody thy ear , and through that avenue thy bosom shall be calmed to peace . The stormy passions lulled , The mourning affections ...
... breast . 99 If then with rage , with melancholy , or with dullness overcome , Yield to the strains of melody thy ear , and through that avenue thy bosom shall be calmed to peace . The stormy passions lulled , The mourning affections ...
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Page 99 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself upon the Past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
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