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John Smythe Memes. HOPE , like the short - lived ray , that gleams awhile Through wintry skies , upon the frozen waste , Cheers e'en the face of misery to a smile ; But soon the momentary ... HOPE, like the short-lived ray, that ...
John Smythe Memes. HOPE , like the short - lived ray , that gleams awhile Through wintry skies , upon the frozen waste , Cheers e'en the face of misery to a smile ; But soon the momentary ... HOPE, like the short-lived ray, that ...
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... hope a cure ? Who sighs in absence of the dear loved maid , Nor summons once indifference to his aid ? Who can , like me , the nice resentment prove , The thousand soft disquietudes of love ; The trivial strifes that cause a real pain ...
... hope a cure ? Who sighs in absence of the dear loved maid , Nor summons once indifference to his aid ? Who can , like me , the nice resentment prove , The thousand soft disquietudes of love ; The trivial strifes that cause a real pain ...
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... hope of better days seems again to dawn upon me ; and I have now and then an intimation , though slight and transient , that God has not abandoned me for ever . " It would appear he had even advanced so far as to address himself to a ...
... hope of better days seems again to dawn upon me ; and I have now and then an intimation , though slight and transient , that God has not abandoned me for ever . " It would appear he had even advanced so far as to address himself to a ...
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