Lessons derived from the animal world, Том 1 |
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... ;A privacy of glorious light is thine , Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony , with rapture more divine : Type of the wise , who soar — but never roam , True to the kindred points of heaven and home . WORDSWORTH .
... ;A privacy of glorious light is thine , Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony , with rapture more divine : Type of the wise , who soar — but never roam , True to the kindred points of heaven and home . WORDSWORTH .
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