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... turning up the crumbling soil ! he whistles as he goes . He is gay , because he is busy . Behold the seedsman , as he walks with measured pace , scattering the seed into the bosom of the earth . He sings as he walks . He forgets the ...
... turning up the crumbling soil ! he whistles as he goes . He is gay , because he is busy . Behold the seedsman , as he walks with measured pace , scattering the seed into the bosom of the earth . He sings as he walks . He forgets the ...
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... turn our steps ? no matter whither . Beauty and delight shall meet us . wherever we go . The gay furze is blooming on the wide common , and the many - coloured heath is enamelling the ground . The bee is humming on the fragrant blossom ...
... turn our steps ? no matter whither . Beauty and delight shall meet us . wherever we go . The gay furze is blooming on the wide common , and the many - coloured heath is enamelling the ground . The bee is humming on the fragrant blossom ...
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... - ly falling on herb and tree . The flying clouds chase the shadows on the mead and hill , Our wanderings cannot reach the heath , the wood , the winding lane . Turn then to the garden , where cul- tivated bloom OF SPRING .
... - ly falling on herb and tree . The flying clouds chase the shadows on the mead and hill , Our wanderings cannot reach the heath , the wood , the winding lane . Turn then to the garden , where cul- tivated bloom OF SPRING .
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Maria Elizabeth Budden. Turn then to the garden , where cul- tivated bloom shall well repay our search . See the lily bending over its feeble stem , and exhaling soft perfume . Carnations pre - eminent in beauty and in fragrance . The ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. Turn then to the garden , where cul- tivated bloom shall well repay our search . See the lily bending over its feeble stem , and exhaling soft perfume . Carnations pre - eminent in beauty and in fragrance . The ...
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... the labour that dug out each cell , and filled each with a well - selected hoard . Oh ! turn aside , nor in an idle moment destroy the work of many busy hours . How small the labourer ! how vast the excavation he 14 THE PLEASURES.
... the labour that dug out each cell , and filled each with a well - selected hoard . Oh ! turn aside , nor in an idle moment destroy the work of many busy hours . How small the labourer ! how vast the excavation he 14 THE PLEASURES.
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