The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... Night , And soon , observant of approaching Day , The meek - eyed Morn appears , mother of dews , At first faint - gleaming in the dappled east : And , from before the lustre of her face , White break the clouds away . With quickened ...
... Night , And soon , observant of approaching Day , The meek - eyed Morn appears , mother of dews , At first faint - gleaming in the dappled east : And , from before the lustre of her face , White break the clouds away . With quickened ...
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... NIGHT . Among the crooked lanes , on every hedge , The glowworm lights his gem ; and , thro ' the dark A moving radiance twinkles . Evening yields The world to Night ; not in her winter robe Of massy Stygian woof , but loose arrayed In ...
... NIGHT . Among the crooked lanes , on every hedge , The glowworm lights his gem ; and , thro ' the dark A moving radiance twinkles . Evening yields The world to Night ; not in her winter robe Of massy Stygian woof , but loose arrayed In ...
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... night , have been the favourite theme of poets , from the most remote antiquity . Each has something picturesque and ... nights before A lamb was eaten on the moor ; His empty wallet Rover carries , Nor for Jack , when near home ...
... night , have been the favourite theme of poets , from the most remote antiquity . Each has something picturesque and ... nights before A lamb was eaten on the moor ; His empty wallet Rover carries , Nor for Jack , when near home ...
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... night , the silver moon , and all the stars , the life - infusing suns of other worlds , proclaim the Great Omnipo- tent . In the balsamic fragrance of the flowers I behold that incense rise , which , in mingled clouds , they roll soft ...
... night , the silver moon , and all the stars , the life - infusing suns of other worlds , proclaim the Great Omnipo- tent . In the balsamic fragrance of the flowers I behold that incense rise , which , in mingled clouds , they roll soft ...
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... Night's candles are put out : and jocund Day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain's top . SHAKSPEARE . Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the Sun , When first on this delightful land ...
... Night's candles are put out : and jocund Day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain's top . SHAKSPEARE . Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the Sun , When first on this delightful land ...
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