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Page 193
... hills about , The meadows smooth and wide , The plains , that , toward the southern sky , Fenced east and west by mountains lie . A white man , gazing on the scene , Would say a lovely spot was here , And praise the lawns , so fresh and ...
... hills about , The meadows smooth and wide , The plains , that , toward the southern sky , Fenced east and west by mountains lie . A white man , gazing on the scene , Would say a lovely spot was here , And praise the lawns , so fresh and ...
Page 295
... hill there , which rose as high into the heavens as the pond now sinks deep into the earth , and they used much ... hills are remarkably full of the same kind of stones , so that they have been obliged to pile them up in walls on ...
... hill there , which rose as high into the heavens as the pond now sinks deep into the earth , and they used much ... hills are remarkably full of the same kind of stones , so that they have been obliged to pile them up in walls on ...
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... hills Stretch green to June's unclouded sky ; . But still I wait with ear and eye For something gone which should be nigh , A loss in all familiar things , In flower that blooms , and bird that sings . And yet , dear heart ! remembering ...
... hills Stretch green to June's unclouded sky ; . But still I wait with ear and eye For something gone which should be nigh , A loss in all familiar things , In flower that blooms , and bird that sings . And yet , dear heart ! remembering ...
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