Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose! Papers of the Manchester Literary Club - Page 123by Manchester Literary Club - 1884Full view - About this book
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