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His poetry reminds us of the miracles of Alpine scenery. Nooks and dells, beautiful as fairy land, are embosomed in its most rugged and gigantic elevations. The roses and myrtles bloom unchilled on the verge of the avalanche.

His poetry reminds us of the miracles of Alpine scenery. Nooks and dells, beautiful as fairy land, are embosomed in its most rugged and gigantic elevations. The roses and myrtles bloom unchilled on the verge of the avalanche.

Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Thomas B. Macaulay
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Approximate author period: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)

Page 172 · printed citation: Macaulay · subject: Milton

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