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... thoughts about the hazards of life and the meaning of the world , with a great battle coming into the midst of these things , for a moral in action ; and then we see old age , and hear laments over change and fate , and because " dust ...
... thoughts about the hazards of life and the meaning of the world , with a great battle coming into the midst of these things , for a moral in action ; and then we see old age , and hear laments over change and fate , and because " dust ...
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... thoughts but such as aim at getting princes , As I meet thee . Soul of my life and fame ! Eternal lamp of love ! whose radiant flame Out - glares the heaven's Osiris , and thy gleams Out - shine the splendour of his mid - day beams ...
... thoughts but such as aim at getting princes , As I meet thee . Soul of my life and fame ! Eternal lamp of love ! whose radiant flame Out - glares the heaven's Osiris , and thy gleams Out - shine the splendour of his mid - day beams ...
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... thought of such - like possibility ? When thou thyself dar'st say thy isles shall lack Grapes before Herrick leaves Canary sack . Thou mak'st me airy , active to be borne , Like Iphiclus , upon the tops of corn . Thou mak'st me nimble ...
... thought of such - like possibility ? When thou thyself dar'st say thy isles shall lack Grapes before Herrick leaves Canary sack . Thou mak'st me airy , active to be borne , Like Iphiclus , upon the tops of corn . Thou mak'st me nimble ...
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... gods with prayers manifold , And in their studies meditate it then ? Whether thou dost in heaven or earth appear , Be where thou wilt : thou wilt not harbour here . Barnabe Barnes . Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The 22.
... gods with prayers manifold , And in their studies meditate it then ? Whether thou dost in heaven or earth appear , Be where thou wilt : thou wilt not harbour here . Barnabe Barnes . Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The 22.
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Arthur Symons. Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown ; Such sweet content , such minds , such ...
Arthur Symons. Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content ; The quiet mind is richer than a crown ; Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent ; The poor estate scorns fortune's angry frown ; Such sweet content , such minds , such ...
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