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So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast, The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.
So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast, The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.
Approximate author period: c. 1724 AD · early modern
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- James Thomson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1724 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
The Seasons. Summer. Line 1346.
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