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Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.

Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.

Approximate author period: c. 1713 AD · early modern

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Author or tradition
Thomas Tickell
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Approximate author period: c. 1713 AD · early modern
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 45.

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