Oracles from the poets: a fanciful diversion for the drawing room (1845)
Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888, ed · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 218
Wives of Windsor. 60. Songs and unbaked poetry,Such as the dabblers of our time contrive, That has no weight, nor wheel to move the mind,Nor indeed nothing but an empty sound. Beaumont and Fletcher—The Elder Brother. 2*v\^w\^v WHERE OR WHAT WILL BE YOURRESIDENCE? The world was all before her, where… … EAR some fair town youll have a private seat,Built uniform, not little, nor too great;It shall within no other things contain,But what are useful, necessary, plain;A little garden grateful to the eye,While a cool rivulet runs murmuring by.PomfreVs Choice. 2. Amongst the vines, Seest thou not where…
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