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... flow'r , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bow'rs . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
... flow'r , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bow'rs . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
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... glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream : The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is 104 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... glory fades Like the fair flow'r dishevell'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream : The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is 104 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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... flow'r on earth Is virtue ; th ' only lasting treasure , truth . But what is truth ? ' twas Pilate's question , put To Truth itself , that deign'd him no reply . And wherefore ? will not God impart his light To them that ask it ...
... flow'r on earth Is virtue ; th ' only lasting treasure , truth . But what is truth ? ' twas Pilate's question , put To Truth itself , that deign'd him no reply . And wherefore ? will not God impart his light To them that ask it ...
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... foliage , overshadowing golden flow'rs , Blown on the summit of th ' apparent fruit . These have their sexes ; and , when summer shines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flow'r to flow'r 118 BOOK III . THE TASK .
... foliage , overshadowing golden flow'rs , Blown on the summit of th ' apparent fruit . These have their sexes ; and , when summer shines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flow'r to flow'r 118 BOOK III . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flow'r to flow'r , and ev'n the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed use . Not so when winter scowls . Assistant art Then acts in nature's office , brings to ...
William Cowper. The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flow'r to flow'r , and ev'n the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed use . Not so when winter scowls . Assistant art Then acts in nature's office , brings to ...
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