But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and, at first, it was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too... Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler ... - Page 46 by Nathan Drake - 1805 - 472 pages Full view -
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