The Last Essays of EliaG. Routledge & sons, 1880 - 119 pages |
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... thou hast flitted ? Art thou sowing thy WILD OATS yet ( the harvest time was still to come with thee ) upon casual sands of Avernus ? or art thou enacting ROVER ( as we would gladlier think ) by wandering Elysian streams ? This mortal ...
... thou hast flitted ? Art thou sowing thy WILD OATS yet ( the harvest time was still to come with thee ) upon casual sands of Avernus ? or art thou enacting ROVER ( as we would gladlier think ) by wandering Elysian streams ? This mortal ...
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... thou happy medium , thou shade of refuge between us and them , conciliating interpreter of their skill to our simplicity , com- fortable ambassador between sea and land ! -whose sailor - trousers did not more convincingly assure thee to ...
... thou happy medium , thou shade of refuge between us and them , conciliating interpreter of their skill to our simplicity , com- fortable ambassador between sea and land ! -whose sailor - trousers did not more convincingly assure thee to ...
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... thou do so . Take thou of me sweet pillows , sweetest bed ; A chamber deaf to noise , and blind to light ; A rosy garland , and a weary head . And if these things , as being thine by right , in me , Move not thy heavy grace , thou shalt ...
... thou do so . Take thou of me sweet pillows , sweetest bed ; A chamber deaf to noise , and blind to light ; A rosy garland , and a weary head . And if these things , as being thine by right , in me , Move not thy heavy grace , thou shalt ...
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