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... tears . " Sir Walter Scott has mentioned that when a lad of fifteen he saw Burns shedding tears over a picture that represented this scene . For further illustrations the reader must be referred to the ap- pended list , and to the ...
... tears . " Sir Walter Scott has mentioned that when a lad of fifteen he saw Burns shedding tears over a picture that represented this scene . For further illustrations the reader must be referred to the ap- pended list , and to the ...
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... tears of devotion , if the mind be such as can yield them ; able both to move and to moderate all affections . The prophet David having , there- fore , singular knowledge , not in poetry alone , but in music also , judged them both to ...
... tears of devotion , if the mind be such as can yield them ; able both to move and to moderate all affections . The prophet David having , there- fore , singular knowledge , not in poetry alone , but in music also , judged them both to ...
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... tears refrain ; For her griefs , so lively shown , Made me think upon mine own . Ah ! -thought I thou mourn'st in vain ; None takes pity on thy pain : Senseless trees , they cannot hear thee ; Ruthless bears , they will not cheer thee ...
... tears refrain ; For her griefs , so lively shown , Made me think upon mine own . Ah ! -thought I thou mourn'st in vain ; None takes pity on thy pain : Senseless trees , they cannot hear thee ; Ruthless bears , they will not cheer thee ...
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... tears Speak grief in you , Who were but born Just as the modest morn Teemed her refreshing dew ? Alas ! you have not known that shower That mars a flower , Nor felt the unkind Breath of a blasting wind ; Nor are ye worn with years , Or ...
... tears Speak grief in you , Who were but born Just as the modest morn Teemed her refreshing dew ? Alas ! you have not known that shower That mars a flower , Nor felt the unkind Breath of a blasting wind ; Nor are ye worn with years , Or ...
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... tears shed , Would have this lecture read- " That things of greatest , so of meanest worth , Conceived with grief are , and with tears brought forth . " GEORGE HERBERT . George Herbert was a clergyman whom a few felicitous poems and a ...
... tears shed , Would have this lecture read- " That things of greatest , so of meanest worth , Conceived with grief are , and with tears brought forth . " GEORGE HERBERT . George Herbert was a clergyman whom a few felicitous poems and a ...
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