Her modest looks the cottage might adorn,Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
"The Republic of Letters" is a very common expression among the Europeans.
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.
Blame where you must, be candid where you can,And be each critic the Good-natured Man.
On the contrary, modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
He saw her charming, but he saw not halfThe charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
Modesty is that feeling by which honorable shame acquires a valuable and lasting authority.
The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn,And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
These flowers are like the pleasures of the world.
Flocks thick-nibbling through the clovered vale.
White as the blossoms which the almond tree,Above its bald and leafless branches bears.
Chrysanthemums from gilded argosyUnload their gaudy scentless merchandise.
Where, here and there, on sandy beachesA milky-bell'd amaryllis blew.
Almond blossom, sent to teach usThat the spring days soon will reach us.
The fairest flowers o' the seasonAre our carnations and streak'd gillyvors.
I read flowers, not scriptures.
And I will make thee beds of roses,And a thousand fragrant posies.
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