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... thee bravely : play the man . Look not on pleasures as they come , but go . Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell , by trifling in thy woe . -If thou do ill , the joy fades , not the pains ; If well , the pain ...
... thee bravely : play the man . Look not on pleasures as they come , but go . Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell , by trifling in thy woe . -If thou do ill , the joy fades , not the pains ; If well , the pain ...
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... Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flow'rs laugh before thee on their beds , And fragrance in thy footing treads . " Wordsworth's Ode to Duty . A MERCHANT'S SON . THERE are times when the mind " ...
... Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flow'rs laugh before thee on their beds , And fragrance in thy footing treads . " Wordsworth's Ode to Duty . A MERCHANT'S SON . THERE are times when the mind " ...
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... thee tangled , ' Mid tufts of purple heather bloom , By vain Arachne's treacherous loom , With dew - drops spangled . ' Mid ruins crumbling to decay , Thy flowers their heavenly hues display , Still freshly springing , Where pride and ...
... thee tangled , ' Mid tufts of purple heather bloom , By vain Arachne's treacherous loom , With dew - drops spangled . ' Mid ruins crumbling to decay , Thy flowers their heavenly hues display , Still freshly springing , Where pride and ...
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... thee The year's past pleasures ; And , led by kindred thought , will flee , " Till , back to careless infancy , The path she measures . Beneath autumnal breezes bleak , So faintly fair , so sadly meek , I've seen thee bending , Pale as ...
... thee The year's past pleasures ; And , led by kindred thought , will flee , " Till , back to careless infancy , The path she measures . Beneath autumnal breezes bleak , So faintly fair , so sadly meek , I've seen thee bending , Pale as ...
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... thee my wreath will twine , When these are vanish'd . " How do you like these fanciful verses ? fanciful enough ! are they not ? " - " They are very pretty , my dear Duncan , " replied Mrs. F. and she tried to check the sigh that was ...
... thee my wreath will twine , When these are vanish'd . " How do you like these fanciful verses ? fanciful enough ! are they not ? " - " They are very pretty , my dear Duncan , " replied Mrs. F. and she tried to check the sigh that was ...
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