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... walk abroad and view the charms of the landscape . Let us walk abroad and mark the freshness of reviv- ing nature . B . Whilst the dew yet moistens the green herb , The Pleasures of Spring.
... walk abroad and view the charms of the landscape . Let us walk abroad and mark the freshness of reviv- ing nature . B . Whilst the dew yet moistens the green herb , The Pleasures of Spring.
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... walks with measured pace , scattering the seed into the bosom of the earth . He sings as he walks . He forgets the fatigue in the anima- ting exercise of his labour . He is pleased , because he is industrious . Behold the gardener ...
... walks with measured pace , scattering the seed into the bosom of the earth . He sings as he walks . He forgets the fatigue in the anima- ting exercise of his labour . He is pleased , because he is industrious . Behold the gardener ...
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... walk shall give thee that most splendid of all natural scenes the rising sun . - See the grey clouds are deepening to purple .. The sky is gradually assuming a golden tint . From the east , the dawn suffuses with , increasing light the ...
... walk shall give thee that most splendid of all natural scenes the rising sun . - See the grey clouds are deepening to purple .. The sky is gradually assuming a golden tint . From the east , the dawn suffuses with , increasing light the ...
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... , as the view of her works ?: The evening walk beguiles the mourner of other tears than those of grief : The healing tears of pensive tender- ness . Then the heart springs from nature up to nature's God 30 THE PLEASURES.
... , as the view of her works ?: The evening walk beguiles the mourner of other tears than those of grief : The healing tears of pensive tender- ness . Then the heart springs from nature up to nature's God 30 THE PLEASURES.
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... his labour . Short is the wintry day . But mourn not therefore thy curtailed walks . Though the sun has briefly closed his diminished circuit , and the lessened twi- light rapidly yielded to the dark shades of night . OF WINTER . 35.
... his labour . Short is the wintry day . But mourn not therefore thy curtailed walks . Though the sun has briefly closed his diminished circuit , and the lessened twi- light rapidly yielded to the dark shades of night . OF WINTER . 35.
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