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... is spreading here its snowy bosom , and the wood - anemone opening its transparent flowers . Primroses enwreath the dark uprising root . The ivy climbs around the rugged trunk . We have passed the shady wood , and the green OF SPRING . 5.
... is spreading here its snowy bosom , and the wood - anemone opening its transparent flowers . Primroses enwreath the dark uprising root . The ivy climbs around the rugged trunk . We have passed the shady wood , and the green OF SPRING . 5.
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... flower that now so charmingly per- fumes the air shall pass away , and its crimson fruit shall brighten the winter landscape , and feed the winter band of feathered warblers . The wild rose here blushes as the vir- gin's cheek . There ...
... flower that now so charmingly per- fumes the air shall pass away , and its crimson fruit shall brighten the winter landscape , and feed the winter band of feathered warblers . The wild rose here blushes as the vir- gin's cheek . There ...
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... flower , luxuriant in beauty , or mark the embryo plant in the bosom of the seed , What lesson does the sight press on thy heart , oh man ? Speaks it not design and superintend- ing skill ? Are such ordinations the work of chance ? Are ...
... flower , luxuriant in beauty , or mark the embryo plant in the bosom of the seed , What lesson does the sight press on thy heart , oh man ? Speaks it not design and superintend- ing skill ? Are such ordinations the work of chance ? Are ...
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... who would believe that the tiny ephemera , sporting on the stream , once slept in its watery bosom . That the butterfly , whose tints outvie the garish flower , whose ceaseless mo- tions rival whatever 18 THE PLEASURES.
... who would believe that the tiny ephemera , sporting on the stream , once slept in its watery bosom . That the butterfly , whose tints outvie the garish flower , whose ceaseless mo- tions rival whatever 18 THE PLEASURES.
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Maria Elizabeth Budden. the garish flower , whose ceaseless mo- tions rival whatever is most sportive and most buoyant , was once a colourless , senseless grub , shut up in its clayey , or silken tomb . How wondrous the change ! How ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. the garish flower , whose ceaseless mo- tions rival whatever is most sportive and most buoyant , was once a colourless , senseless grub , shut up in its clayey , or silken tomb . How wondrous the change ! How ...
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