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... fragrant thyme . He flies away very far from his rest- ing - place ; yet he returns again ; never does he mistake the path through the air to his delicious home . But where is it that he reposes , when the sun withdraws his warm rays ...
... fragrant thyme . He flies away very far from his rest- ing - place ; yet he returns again ; never does he mistake the path through the air to his delicious home . But where is it that he reposes , when the sun withdraws his warm rays ...
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... fragrant , as the bud of the moss - rose , torn from the parent stem , is thy beloved memory * . It is but a little while since I passed by the pasture , no human voice was heard , no trace of the footsteps of man , was seen there ...
... fragrant , as the bud of the moss - rose , torn from the parent stem , is thy beloved memory * . It is but a little while since I passed by the pasture , no human voice was heard , no trace of the footsteps of man , was seen there ...
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... feast is finished ; the cir- cle rises with new vigour to their employ . They throw the large crop together in heaps ; they rake it up clean from the fresh - springing pasture . It is fragrant as the HAY - MAKING . 63.
... feast is finished ; the cir- cle rises with new vigour to their employ . They throw the large crop together in heaps ; they rake it up clean from the fresh - springing pasture . It is fragrant as the HAY - MAKING . 63.
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... fragrant as the sweet nosegay of flowers . See , where the husbandman comes with the sturdy team . His countenance is gay like the season ; for he is pleased that the hours are so fine , and that the pro- duce of his field is so great ...
... fragrant as the sweet nosegay of flowers . See , where the husbandman comes with the sturdy team . His countenance is gay like the season ; for he is pleased that the hours are so fine , and that the pro- duce of his field is so great ...
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... fragrant page , the guide to immortality . I will think of the land it reveals , where the scorching sun pours not his rays ; where , beside living streams , the Almighty Shepherd leads his ransomed flock ; and where every tear is wiped ...
... fragrant page , the guide to immortality . I will think of the land it reveals , where the scorching sun pours not his rays ; where , beside living streams , the Almighty Shepherd leads his ransomed flock ; and where every tear is wiped ...
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