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... sweets of Spring . The closest cities and the murkiest abode may be enlivened with the love- liest bloom . the eye The rudest weed displays beauty to of careful observation , and the lowliest blossom can speak the welcome . return of ...
... sweets of Spring . The closest cities and the murkiest abode may be enlivened with the love- liest bloom . the eye The rudest weed displays beauty to of careful observation , and the lowliest blossom can speak the welcome . return of ...
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... sweet sights and sounds . Mark the gay colour of flowers and fruits . The brightly streaked tulip , the crim- son poppy , the snowy bindweed . Bloom not these with enlivening power ? Listen to the notes of woodland cho- risters , the ...
... sweet sights and sounds . Mark the gay colour of flowers and fruits . The brightly streaked tulip , the crim- son poppy , the snowy bindweed . Bloom not these with enlivening power ? Listen to the notes of woodland cho- risters , the ...
Page 41
... sweet the emotions attendant on deeds of bounty . How close the union between social and selfish joy . That it is better for man to mingle even in scenes of distress , than not to mingle at all with his fellows . And that the least ...
... sweet the emotions attendant on deeds of bounty . How close the union between social and selfish joy . That it is better for man to mingle even in scenes of distress , than not to mingle at all with his fellows . And that the least ...
Page 58
... sweet was to him the hour of rest , for it followed the hour of labour , and labour only can endear repose ! How relishing was to him the simple meal , for hunger gave zest to each mor- sel , a zest which the luxurious vainly seek to ...
... sweet was to him the hour of rest , for it followed the hour of labour , and labour only can endear repose ! How relishing was to him the simple meal , for hunger gave zest to each mor- sel , a zest which the luxurious vainly seek to ...
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... sweet upon the listening ear . But the occasion does not offer thee so rich a treat . Thou art alone , and distant from the haunts of social harmony . Then let the harp , touched by thy finger , wing the lonely hour ;. Or the soft flute ...
... sweet upon the listening ear . But the occasion does not offer thee so rich a treat . Thou art alone , and distant from the haunts of social harmony . Then let the harp , touched by thy finger , wing the lonely hour ;. Or the soft flute ...
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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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