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... trees , in artful fabric laid , And bound with clay together . Now ' t is naught But restless hurry through the busy air , Beat by unnumbered wings . The swallow sweeps The slimy pool , to build his hanging house Intent . And often ...
... trees , in artful fabric laid , And bound with clay together . Now ' t is naught But restless hurry through the busy air , Beat by unnumbered wings . The swallow sweeps The slimy pool , to build his hanging house Intent . And often ...
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... trees , You silent steal ; or sit beneath the shade Of solemn oaks , that tuft the swelling mounts Thrown graceful round by Nature's careless hand , And , pensive , listen to the various voice Of rural peace : the herds , and flocks ...
... trees , You silent steal ; or sit beneath the shade Of solemn oaks , that tuft the swelling mounts Thrown graceful round by Nature's careless hand , And , pensive , listen to the various voice Of rural peace : the herds , and flocks ...
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... Trees bud no more , but earthward cast around Their withering foliage , then remember well The timely labor , and ... tree extends ; If eight the log , the eighth a mallet lends . Cleave many - curvéd blocks thy wheel to round , And let ...
... Trees bud no more , but earthward cast around Their withering foliage , then remember well The timely labor , and ... tree extends ; If eight the log , the eighth a mallet lends . Cleave many - curvéd blocks thy wheel to round , And let ...
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... tree . A sword and a dagger he wore by his side , Of many a man the bane ; And he was clad in his capull hide Top and tayll and mayne . 1 About the year 1190 , in Richard First's reign , were many outlaws , among whom Robin Hood and ...
... tree . A sword and a dagger he wore by his side , Of many a man the bane ; And he was clad in his capull hide Top and tayll and mayne . 1 About the year 1190 , in Richard First's reign , were many outlaws , among whom Robin Hood and ...
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... trees . They in thy sun Budded , and shook their green leaves in thy breeze , And shot towards heaven . The century - living crow , Whose birth was in their tops , grew old and died Among their branches , till , at last , they stood ...
... trees . They in thy sun Budded , and shook their green leaves in thy breeze , And shot towards heaven . The century - living crow , Whose birth was in their tops , grew old and died Among their branches , till , at last , they stood ...
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