The water-babies : a fairy tale for a land-baby (1864)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 · Boston : T.O.H.P. Burnham ; New York : O.S. Felt ... · leaf 127
A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. ll7 CHAPTER IV. “ Sweet is the lore which Nature brings ; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. “ Enough of science and of art : Close up these barren leaves ; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and… … have found his way, if the fairies had not guided
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