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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: V. The saint or moralist should' tread This moss-grown alley musing They seek like me-the secret s'hade, But not like me to nourish woe Me fruitful scenes and prospects Waste Alike admonish not to roam; 'These tell me of enjoyments past, And those of sorrows, yet to. cornel THE WINTER nature, alas has denied To tha delicate growth of our isfo Art has in a measure supplied, p Axd yiuter is decked with a smile, See, Mary, what beauties I bring From the shelter of that sunny shed Where the flowers have the charms spring, Though abroad they arc frozen and Vol. i., ..., ., f Tis a bower of Arcadian sweets, Where Flora is still in her prime, A fortress to which she retreats From the cruel assaults of the clime. While earth wears a mantle of snow, These pinks are as fresh and as gay As the fairest and sweetest, that blow On the beautiful bosom of May. III. See how they have safely survived The frowns of a sky so severe; Such Mary's true love, that has lived Through many a turbulent year. The charms of the late blowing rose . Seem graced with a livelier hue, And the winter of sorrow best shows The truth of a friend such as you. MUTUAL FORBEARANCE NECESSARY TO THE HAPPINESS OF THE MARRIES STATE. .' . . '...: i; The lady thus addressed her spouse? What a mere dungeon is this house By no means large enough; and was it, Yet this dull room, and that dark closet, Tliosc hangmgs with their worn-out graces, Long beards, long noses, and pale faces, Are such an antiquated scene, They overwhelm me with the spleen. Sir Humphrey, shooting in the dark, Makes answer quite beside the mark: No doubt, my dear, I bade him conic, Engaged myself to be at home, And shall expect him at the door, Wecisely when the clock strik...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217029667 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217029663 |
| Weight | 0.23 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.14 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 60 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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