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... smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here , Contrasted faults through all his ...
... smiling land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here , Contrasted faults through all his ...
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... smiling Spring its earliest visit paid , And parting Summer's lingering blooms delayed : Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease , Seats of my youth , when every sport could please : How often have I loitered o'er thy green , Where ...
... smiling Spring its earliest visit paid , And parting Summer's lingering blooms delayed : Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease , Seats of my youth , when every sport could please : How often have I loitered o'er thy green , Where ...
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... smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But , choked with sedges , works its weedy way : Along thy grades , a solitary guest , The hollow - sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies ...
... smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But , choked with sedges , works its weedy way : Along thy grades , a solitary guest , The hollow - sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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