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... 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 visit the spot , we shall indeed no longer perceive the ...
... 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 visit the spot , we shall indeed no longer perceive the ...
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... bough . The meadows have lost their flower- woven covering , but the corn - fields are embrowned with the waving harvest . The wild rose no longer blooms upon the bank , but the hop flaunts its wild garland The Pleasures of Autumn.
... bough . The meadows have lost their flower- woven covering , but the corn - fields are embrowned with the waving harvest . The wild rose no longer blooms upon the bank , but the hop flaunts its wild garland The Pleasures of Autumn.
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... - claims the weeping mourner , apostro- phising the spirit of its departed bless- ing . Perhaps a mother , pining for her lost child , soothed by the hour and softened by the scene , with tearful joys reiterates , " OF AUTUMN . 31.
... - claims the weeping mourner , apostro- phising the spirit of its departed bless- ing . Perhaps a mother , pining for her lost child , soothed by the hour and softened by the scene , with tearful joys reiterates , " OF AUTUMN . 31.
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Maria Elizabeth Budden. by the scene , with tearful joys reiterates , " not lost , but gone before ! " Oh ! idle complainer at little evils , thoughtless murmurer at trivial cares . Till thou hast known such sorrow as lacerates that ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. by the scene , with tearful joys reiterates , " not lost , but gone before ! " Oh ! idle complainer at little evils , thoughtless murmurer at trivial cares . Till thou hast known such sorrow as lacerates that ...
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... lost indeed thy projected walk ; But thou hast gained many a precious occasion of social communion . Associates , friends , relations , collect around the hospitable board . The fire crackles brightly on the hearth . The clear OF WINTER .
... lost indeed thy projected walk ; But thou hast gained many a precious occasion of social communion . Associates , friends , relations , collect around the hospitable board . The fire crackles brightly on the hearth . The clear OF WINTER .
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Albert art thou beauteous Flora beauty beguiling Behold blessed blest bliss blooming blush bosom bough bound breast bright brother butterfly calm charm cheek cheer child of fortune coloured Conrad consolation dimpled discontent ditto enjoy evil fate favoured feeble feel feli felicity Fleet Street Florio flowers fragrance friends gaiety gaily gave gaze gift glow grace grave happiness History of England hour Hubert human humble insect Jessy JOHN SCOTT labour landscape laughed lost loved child luxurious maternal ment mercy merry mirth Miss Sandham mother's mourn mourner natural evil nature nosegay nursling pain passing plain playmates pleasure precious Price rich rill scene SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE sigh smile smooth snowy sorrow soul sparkling sportive spot spring sweet taste tears tender thee thou hast thought thy eyes thy heart tints tion toys turf virtue vols walk wealth Wherefore wild wild rose wood yield young youth
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