Poetical Ingenuities and EccentricitiesWilliam T. Dobson Chatto and Windus, 1882 - 254 стор. |
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... Earth , Earth inconstant , shall forbid it— Bid it change from gloom to mirth . Mirth and grief , are light and shadow- Shadows light to us are dear . Dear the scene becomes by contrast- Contrast there , in beauty here . Here , through ...
... Earth , Earth inconstant , shall forbid it— Bid it change from gloom to mirth . Mirth and grief , are light and shadow- Shadows light to us are dear . Dear the scene becomes by contrast- Contrast there , in beauty here . Here , through ...
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... earth , the planet we inhabit , Similar in general appearance and refractory powers to the precious primitive octahedron crystal of pure car- bon , set in the aërial region surrounding the earth . ” Dr. Lang , in his book on ...
... earth , the planet we inhabit , Similar in general appearance and refractory powers to the precious primitive octahedron crystal of pure car- bon , set in the aërial region surrounding the earth . ” Dr. Lang , in his book on ...
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... Earth he thought not Essential ; But , perhaps , his had lost its savour . Though fond of news , he carefully avoided The fermentation , effervescence , And decupilation of this life . Full seventy years his exalted essence Was ...
... Earth he thought not Essential ; But , perhaps , his had lost its savour . Though fond of news , he carefully avoided The fermentation , effervescence , And decupilation of this life . Full seventy years his exalted essence Was ...
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... earth's epidermis ! ' Eo - Mio- Plio - whatso'er the " cene " was That those vacant sockets filled with awe and wonder , — Whether shores Devonian or Silurian beaches , — Tell us thy strange story ! ' Or has the professor slightly ...
... earth's epidermis ! ' Eo - Mio- Plio - whatso'er the " cene " was That those vacant sockets filled with awe and wonder , — Whether shores Devonian or Silurian beaches , — Tell us thy strange story ! ' Or has the professor slightly ...
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... earth's creation , — Solitary fragment of remains organic ! Tell the wondrous secret of thy past existence , — Speak ! thou oldest primate ! ' Even as I gazed , a thrill of the maxilla , And a lateral movement of the condyloid process ...
... earth's creation , — Solitary fragment of remains organic ! Tell the wondrous secret of thy past existence , — Speak ! thou oldest primate ! ' Even as I gazed , a thrill of the maxilla , And a lateral movement of the condyloid process ...
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