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... spirit , and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast . Slow pass our days in childhood ; Every day seems a century . I would not waste my spring of youth In idle dalliance : I would plant rich seeds , Thomson . Bryant . 13 To ...
... spirit , and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast . Slow pass our days in childhood ; Every day seems a century . I would not waste my spring of youth In idle dalliance : I would plant rich seeds , Thomson . Bryant . 13 To ...
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... , her frown despair . And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph , a naiad , or a grace , Of finer form or lovelier face . Churchill . Paulding . Weeks . Scott . If spirits pure as those who kneel Around the throne 20 BEAUTY .
... , her frown despair . And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph , a naiad , or a grace , Of finer form or lovelier face . Churchill . Paulding . Weeks . Scott . If spirits pure as those who kneel Around the throne 20 BEAUTY .
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William Hardcastle Browne. If spirits pure as those who kneel Around the throne of light above , The power of beauty's spell could feel , And lose a heaven for woman's love , What marvel that a heart like mine Enraptured by thy charms ...
William Hardcastle Browne. If spirits pure as those who kneel Around the throne of light above , The power of beauty's spell could feel , And lose a heaven for woman's love , What marvel that a heart like mine Enraptured by thy charms ...
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... spirit's play Gave motion airy as the dancing spray ; Campbell . Lips in whose rosy labyrinth when she smiled the soni was lost , And then her look ! Oh , where's the heart so wise Could , unbewildered , meet those matchless eyes ...
... spirit's play Gave motion airy as the dancing spray ; Campbell . Lips in whose rosy labyrinth when she smiled the soni was lost , And then her look ! Oh , where's the heart so wise Could , unbewildered , meet those matchless eyes ...
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... spirit's purity . Mrs. Osgood . In her chin is a delicate dimple , By Cupid's own fingers impressed ; There Beauty , bewitchingly simple , Has chosen her innocent nest . Those eyes , whose light seemed rather given To be adored than to ...
... spirit's purity . Mrs. Osgood . In her chin is a delicate dimple , By Cupid's own fingers impressed ; There Beauty , bewitchingly simple , Has chosen her innocent nest . Those eyes , whose light seemed rather given To be adored than to ...
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