Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 68
a name.That leaves our useful products still the same.Not so the loss: the man of wealth and prideTakes up a space that many poor supplied —Space for his lake, his parks extended bounds —Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds;The robe that wraps his limbs in silken slothHas robbed the… … Where Village Statesmen Talked with Looks Profound,And News Much Older Than Their Ale Went Round. The Deserted Village 41 While thus the land, adorned for pleasure all,En barren splendor, feebly waits the fall. As some fair female, unadorned and plain,Secure to please while youth confirms her…
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