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Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well, Remote from man ; with God he pass'd the days; Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well, Remote from man ; with God he pass'd the days; Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Approximate author period: c. 1698 AD · renaissance
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- Thomas Parnell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1698 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1679–1717)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 731 · quotation 8 · Thomas Parnell · The Hermit.
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