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... bring thee , Mother Advice to a Lady .. 251 252 253 256 257 On the moral Advantages of a well - formed Ima- gination 260 On Taste ..... 262 Truth , Honour , Honesty 263 Veni Creator Spiritus . 264 Fashion ... 265 Fidelity . 265 A Wife's ...
... bring thee , Mother Advice to a Lady .. 251 252 253 256 257 On the moral Advantages of a well - formed Ima- gination 260 On Taste ..... 262 Truth , Honour , Honesty 263 Veni Creator Spiritus . 264 Fashion ... 265 Fidelity . 265 A Wife's ...
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... bring me berries , or such cooling fruit As the kind hospitable woods provide . They left me then , when the gray - hooded even , Like a sad votarist in palmer's weed , Rose from the hindmost wheels of Phoebus ' wain . But where they ...
... bring me berries , or such cooling fruit As the kind hospitable woods provide . They left me then , when the gray - hooded even , Like a sad votarist in palmer's weed , Rose from the hindmost wheels of Phoebus ' wain . But where they ...
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... Brings home to us , and makes both Indies ours ; Finds wealth where ' t is , bestows it where it wants ; Cities in deserts , woods in cities , plants . So that to us , no thing , no place is strange , While his fair bosom is the world's ...
... Brings home to us , and makes both Indies ours ; Finds wealth where ' t is , bestows it where it wants ; Cities in deserts , woods in cities , plants . So that to us , no thing , no place is strange , While his fair bosom is the world's ...
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... bring The plumage of the raven's wing ; And seldom o'er a breast so fair , Mantled a plaid with modest care , And never brooch the folds combin'd Above a heart more good and kind . Her kindness and her worth to spy , You need but gaze ...
... bring The plumage of the raven's wing ; And seldom o'er a breast so fair , Mantled a plaid with modest care , And never brooch the folds combin'd Above a heart more good and kind . Her kindness and her worth to spy , You need but gaze ...
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... brings unto the home - sick mind All we have loved and left behind . Night is the time for care ; Brooding on hours mispent , To see the spectre of despair Come to our lonely tent ; Like Brutus ' midst his slumbering host Startled by ...
... brings unto the home - sick mind All we have loved and left behind . Night is the time for care ; Brooding on hours mispent , To see the spectre of despair Come to our lonely tent ; Like Brutus ' midst his slumbering host Startled by ...
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ANNA SEWARD ANON art thou beams beauty beneath birds bless bloom blossoms blue Bluebottle bower breast breath breeze bright brow buds calm charm cheek child clouds dark dear death deep delight dream earth eternal fair father flowers friends gaze gentle gleams glory glow golden grace Granada grave grief happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hope hour J. G. LOCKHART Lady light lips lonely lonely grove look look'd lovelier maid MARY HOWITT Moorish morn mother mountains murmuring Naiad Nature's ne'er neath night o'er pale Pale flowers pass'd peace rill rose round shade shed shine sigh sight silent sing sister skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring star summer sunny sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought throne tree Twas vale voice waves weep wild wind wing young youth