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... heart , O Spring- The human heart , with all its dreams and sighs ? Thou that giv'st back so many a buried thing , Restorer of forgotten harmonies ! Fresh songs and scents break forth where'er thou art : What wak'st thou in the heart ...
... heart , O Spring- The human heart , with all its dreams and sighs ? Thou that giv'st back so many a buried thing , Restorer of forgotten harmonies ! Fresh songs and scents break forth where'er thou art : What wak'st thou in the heart ...
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... heart may gain ; But these , these only , can the heart retain . Indolence . - THOMSON . THEIR only labor was to kill the time ; And labor dire it is , and weary wo . They sit , they loll , turn o'er some idle rhyme : Then , rising ...
... heart may gain ; But these , these only , can the heart retain . Indolence . - THOMSON . THEIR only labor was to kill the time ; And labor dire it is , and weary wo . They sit , they loll , turn o'er some idle rhyme : Then , rising ...
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... heart is broken ; She is a widow ; she is old and poor ; Her only hope is in that sacred token Of peaceful happiness when life is o'er ;数 She asks nor wealth nor pleasure , begs no more Than Heaven's delightful yolume , and the sight ...
... heart is broken ; She is a widow ; she is old and poor ; Her only hope is in that sacred token Of peaceful happiness when life is o'er ;数 She asks nor wealth nor pleasure , begs no more Than Heaven's delightful yolume , and the sight ...
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... heart is the desire of acquiring a reputation , or of rendering herself interesting , by imbecilities and im- perfections . Thus she is delicate , but not timid : she has too much good sense , ever to be afraid where there is no danger ...
... heart is the desire of acquiring a reputation , or of rendering herself interesting , by imbecilities and im- perfections . Thus she is delicate , but not timid : she has too much good sense , ever to be afraid where there is no danger ...
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... heart is meek and kind . From the combination of these virtues arises that general effect , which is denominated loveliness , -a quality which renders her the object of the complacence of all her friends , and the delight of every one ...
... heart is meek and kind . From the combination of these virtues arises that general effect , which is denominated loveliness , -a quality which renders her the object of the complacence of all her friends , and the delight of every one ...
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