The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 21John Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... HOME . My banks they are furnished with bees , Whose murmur invites one to sleep ; My grottoes are shaded with trees , And my hills are white over with sheep . I seldom have met with a loss , Such health WILLIAM SHENSTONE.
... HOME . My banks they are furnished with bees , Whose murmur invites one to sleep ; My grottoes are shaded with trees , And my hills are white over with sheep . I seldom have met with a loss , Such health WILLIAM SHENSTONE.
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... sleep , thinking it was an alarm of fire ! " " The prayer of Moses executed on one string ! " said Mrs. Partington . " Praying , I s'pose , to be cut down . Poor Moses ! " sighed she ; " executed on one string ! Well , I don't know as ...
... sleep , thinking it was an alarm of fire ! " " The prayer of Moses executed on one string ! " said Mrs. Partington . " Praying , I s'pose , to be cut down . Poor Moses ! " sighed she ; " executed on one string ! Well , I don't know as ...
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... SLEEP . Come Sleep , O Sleep , the certain knot of peace , The baiting - place of wit , the balm of woe , The poor man's wealth , the prisoner's release , The indifferent judge between the high and low ! With shield of proof shield me ...
... SLEEP . Come Sleep , O Sleep , the certain knot of peace , The baiting - place of wit , the balm of woe , The poor man's wealth , the prisoner's release , The indifferent judge between the high and low ! With shield of proof shield me ...
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... Sleep , and Silence - Wisdom's mother- Witness this wrong , which by thy help is easèd . Thou art , therefore , of these our desert places The sure refuge ; by thee , and by no other , My soul is blest , sense joyed , and fortune rasèd ...
... Sleep , and Silence - Wisdom's mother- Witness this wrong , which by thy help is easèd . Thou art , therefore , of these our desert places The sure refuge ; by thee , and by no other , My soul is blest , sense joyed , and fortune rasèd ...
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... sleeps on green Virginia's breast . Ye say their cone - like cabins , that clustered o'er the vale , Have fled away like withered leaves before the autumn's gale : - But their memory liveth on your hills , their baptism on your shore ...
... sleeps on green Virginia's breast . Ye say their cone - like cabins , that clustered o'er the vale , Have fled away like withered leaves before the autumn's gale : - But their memory liveth on your hills , their baptism on your shore ...
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