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Page 18
... fall- ing around . The insects are fluttering over the limpid brook ; the worm is crawling over the dew - moistened path ; and the snail clinging to the dew - moistened herb . Each fulfilling its appointed destiny ; gaily and quietly ...
... fall- ing around . The insects are fluttering over the limpid brook ; the worm is crawling over the dew - moistened path ; and the snail clinging to the dew - moistened herb . Each fulfilling its appointed destiny ; gaily and quietly ...
Page 21
... falls beneath the shades of the stately oak , and is lost in the moss that embeds its root . But let the rains swell the implanted seed , and the sunbeam warm the rising sap ; Let months and years silently pass away , and if again we ...
... falls beneath the shades of the stately oak , and is lost in the moss that embeds its root . But let the rains swell the implanted seed , and the sunbeam warm the rising sap ; Let months and years silently pass away , and if again we ...
Page 24
... the dark blackberry courts the thirsty lip . The primrose no longer brightens the coppice , but the clustered nuts fall at the touch of the merry wanderer . What season , oh man ! is without its joys 24 THE PLEASURES.
... the dark blackberry courts the thirsty lip . The primrose no longer brightens the coppice , but the clustered nuts fall at the touch of the merry wanderer . What season , oh man ! is without its joys 24 THE PLEASURES.
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... falls in the chase , or loses his toy in the stream , pauses not to mourn his trivial hurt , or more trivial loss : But blithely ridicules his careless awk- wardness , or delightedly , marks his play- thing floating buoyant on the ...
... falls in the chase , or loses his toy in the stream , pauses not to mourn his trivial hurt , or more trivial loss : But blithely ridicules his careless awk- wardness , or delightedly , marks his play- thing floating buoyant on the ...
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... falls lightly on turf and tree ; Or the rain patters on the cottage roof ; The thunder roars in the distance , and the lightning quivers on the far horizon . Dark clouds have enveloped the silver planet of night , and every little star ...
... falls lightly on turf and tree ; Or the rain patters on the cottage roof ; The thunder roars in the distance , and the lightning quivers on the far horizon . Dark clouds have enveloped the silver planet of night , and every little star ...
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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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