Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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The Seasons. Spring. Line 996.

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,

To teach the young idea how to shoot.

The Seasons. Spring. Line 1149.

An elegant sufficiency, content,

Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,

Ease and alternate labour, useful life,

Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!

The Seasons. Spring. Line 1158.

The meek-ey'd Morn appears, mother of dews.