Sometimes outstretcht, in very idleness, Nought doing, saying little, thinking less, To view the leaves, thin dancers upon air, Go eddying round... Recreations in Agriculture, Natural-history, Arts, and Miscellaneous Literature - Page 180by James Anderson - 1803Full view - About this book
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