 O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest...  The London Quarterly Review - Page 61828Full view - About this book
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 | Literature - 1896 - 854 pages
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 | sir Henry Taylor - 1849 - 328 pages
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