 And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seemed to fix his infant eye. Dainties he heeded not, nor gaud nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy. Silent, when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely...  The Canary Bird: A Moral Fiction : Interspersed with Poetry - 第 96 頁Edward Augustus Kendall 著 - 1799 - 148 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
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...be something like Beattie's Minstrel — Silent when glad, affectionate tho' shy. And tn his looks was most demurely sad; And now he laughed aloud, yet none knew why. Neither Goldsmith, nor La Fontaine in his 'Tableau de Famille,' have in my mind quite delineated an... | |
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