History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain: Hereford. Lichfield. Lincoln. Landaff. St. Paul's. Norwich. Oxford

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Rivingtons, 1817
 

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Сторінка 76 - Pansy, and pink, with languid beauty smile ; The primrose opening at the twilight hour, And velvet tufts of fragrant chamomile. For, more intent the smell than sight to please, Surviving love selects its vernal race ; Plants that with early perfume feed the breeze May best each dank and noxious vapour chase.
Сторінка 76 - And round that fane the sons of toil repose, Who drove the plough-share, or the sail who spread ; With wives, with children, all in measured rows, Two whiten'd flint stones mark the feet and head.
Сторінка 77 - None ever molest the flowers that grow on graves ; for it is deemed a kind of sacrilege to do so. A relation or friend will occasionally take a pink, if it can be spared, or a sprig of thyme, from the grave of a beloved or respected person, to wear it in remembrance ; but they never take much, lest they should deface the growth on the grave. This custom prevails principally in the most retired villages...

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