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... wild anemones our woods adorn , The white - clad flow'rets deck the prickly thorn . To sing their beauty chaste we vainly seek , 25 So in their glory leave themselves to speak . Arrived the hour of love - bred Valentine , The IO THE ...
... wild anemones our woods adorn , The white - clad flow'rets deck the prickly thorn . To sing their beauty chaste we vainly seek , 25 So in their glory leave themselves to speak . Arrived the hour of love - bred Valentine , The IO THE ...
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... wild exub'rant air . ' VII . As Summer flowers rise , Their fragrance now we prize , And smell , with pleasure new , their odour wide . The roses in their bloom Have left their April tomb Enriched ; the golden bowers no longer chide ...
... wild exub'rant air . ' VII . As Summer flowers rise , Their fragrance now we prize , And smell , with pleasure new , their odour wide . The roses in their bloom Have left their April tomb Enriched ; the golden bowers no longer chide ...
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... wild ' forget - me - not . ' X. Shall we the wondrous plant Omit in verse to chaunt , Which poets sang ; the meed of praise forego Of her , the wondrous ' flower Of sun , ' and thus pass o'er The virtue she in faith was wont to show ...
... wild ' forget - me - not . ' X. Shall we the wondrous plant Omit in verse to chaunt , Which poets sang ; the meed of praise forego Of her , the wondrous ' flower Of sun , ' and thus pass o'er The virtue she in faith was wont to show ...
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... wild , his mangled corpse she sees ; 30 Would breathe no more , for he no longer breathes ! Silent in death , his state a contrast bears To the wild storm which earth and heaven now tears ; Contrast to her , alone , bereaved , forlorn ...
... wild , his mangled corpse she sees ; 30 Would breathe no more , for he no longer breathes ! Silent in death , his state a contrast bears To the wild storm which earth and heaven now tears ; Contrast to her , alone , bereaved , forlorn ...
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... wild , 175 Become ne'er man or woman , youth or child ; A pert , old - fashioned prig I deemed may be , But sprightly , modest country - dance for me . Your patience , ladies , gentlemen , I've tried , 80 THE SEASONS .
... wild , 175 Become ne'er man or woman , youth or child ; A pert , old - fashioned prig I deemed may be , But sprightly , modest country - dance for me . Your patience , ladies , gentlemen , I've tried , 80 THE SEASONS .
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