 Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.  Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'. - Page 452by Isaac Disraeli - 1840Full view - About this book
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