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While o'er the cliff th' awaken'd churn-owl hung Through the still gloom protracts his chattering song ; While high in air, and pois'd upon his wings, Unseen, the soft enamour'd woodlark sings: These, NATURE'S works, the curious mind employ, Inspire a...

The natural history and antiquities of Selborne. With The naturalist's ... - Page 123
by Gilbert White - 1837 - 640 pages
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1877 - 562 pages

...with his spirit, feeling in his words : — " These, Nature's works, the curiooi mind employ, Inspire a soothing melancholy joy ; As fancy warms, a pleasing...Steals o'er the cheek, and thrills the creeping vein." CLAB.RY. [See " X. & Q.," 5'" S. vii. 241, 264, 29(3, 338, 471.] PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN AMERICA. Pv,llic...

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