Ah! that such beauty, varying in the light Of living nature, cannot be portrayed By words, nor by pencil's silent skill, » But is the property of him alone Who hath beheld it, noted it with care, And in his mind recorded it with love. Girvan and Its Vicinity - Page 66by Quintin Campbell - 1885 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
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...veryspot, and under the favourable circumstances just alluded, to ; and now he is ready to exclaim— Ah ! that such beauty varying in the light Of living nature cannot be pourtray'd By words, nor by the pencil's silent skill, But is the property of him alone Who hath beheld... | |
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