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... bosom of the Christian . We may find plenty of the sentimentality of religion , expressed , too , in beautiful language - but as cold as a winter night's transitory frost - work on our windows . A few beloved volumes , indeed , have ...
... bosom of the Christian . We may find plenty of the sentimentality of religion , expressed , too , in beautiful language - but as cold as a winter night's transitory frost - work on our windows . A few beloved volumes , indeed , have ...
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... worm is wasting there Its life and beauty ; not when , all unrolled , Leaf after leaf , its bosom , rich and fair , Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air . • Wake , thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers , 2 * B.
... worm is wasting there Its life and beauty ; not when , all unrolled , Leaf after leaf , its bosom , rich and fair , Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air . • Wake , thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers , 2 * B.
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... bosom heaved , his eyes Grew bright and mystical ; moved by the theme , Like one who feels a deity within . Tum . Wondrous ! -What intercourse have they with men ! Had . Sometimes they deign to intermix with man , But oft with woman ...
... bosom heaved , his eyes Grew bright and mystical ; moved by the theme , Like one who feels a deity within . Tum . Wondrous ! -What intercourse have they with men ! Had . Sometimes they deign to intermix with man , But oft with woman ...
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... bosom in a bossy cuirass , She sits aloft , begirt with battlements And bulwarks swelling from the rock , to guard The sacred courts , pavilions , palaces , Soft gleaming through the umbrage of the woods , Which tuft her summit , and ...
... bosom in a bossy cuirass , She sits aloft , begirt with battlements And bulwarks swelling from the rock , to guard The sacred courts , pavilions , palaces , Soft gleaming through the umbrage of the woods , Which tuft her summit , and ...
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... bosom's core , And , hovering , trembles half afraid , O , sister , sing the song once more Which ne'er for mortal ear was made . " Twere almost sacrilege to sing Those notes amid the glare of day ; Notes borne by angels ' purest wing ...
... bosom's core , And , hovering , trembles half afraid , O , sister , sing the song once more Which ne'er for mortal ear was made . " Twere almost sacrilege to sing Those notes amid the glare of day ; Notes borne by angels ' purest wing ...
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