beauty, life, they never know, But frown on all that pass, a monument of wo. XLIX. Shall he, whose birth, maturity, and age, Scarce fill the circle of one summer day, Shall the poor gnat with discontent and rage Exclaim, that nature hastens to decay,... Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry - Стр. 139авторы: John Bell - 1789Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
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