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" ALBUM. FRESH clad from heaven in robes of white, A young probationer of light, Thou wert my soul, an Album bright, A spotless leaf; but thought, and care, And friend and foe, in foul or fair, Have " written strange defeatures " there ; And Time with heaviest... "
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb: Poems and plays - Page 47
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 4

Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...specimen of his album verses, but it is undoubtedly the best in the book: LINES IN MY OWN ALBUM. " Fresh clad from heaven, in robes of white, A young...writing on the wall, Hath stamp'd sad dates— he can't recall ; " And error gilding worst designs — Like speckled snake, that strays and shine*— Betrays...
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The Bijou; or, Annual of literature and the arts

English literature - 1828 - 404 pages
...white sands between the rocks, silent as their shadows. VERSES FOR AN ALBUM. By Charles Lamb, Esq. FRESH clad from heaven in robes of white, A young...bright. A spotless leaf; but thought, and care — And friends, and foes, in foul or fair, Have " written strange defeature" there. And time, with heaviest...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 626 pages
...ness both of thought and expression, remind us of some of the best trifles of the 1 7th century. ' Fresh clad from heaven in robes of white, A young...bright. A spotless leaf; but thought, and care, And friends, and foes, in foul or fair, Have " written strange defeature" there. And time, with heaviest...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 608 pages
...quaintness ness both of thought and expression, remind us of some of the best trifles of the 17th century. ' Fresh clad from heaven in robes of white, A young...bright. A spotless leaf; but thought, and care, And friends, and foes, in foul or fair, Have " written strange defeature" there. And time, with heaviest...
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Quarterly Review, Volume 37, Issue 73

1828 - 598 pages
...quaintness ness both of thought and expression, remind us of some of the best trifles of the 17th century. ' Fresh clad from heaven in robes of white, A young...bright. A spotless leaf; but thought, and care, And friends, and foes, in foul or fair, Have " written strange defeature" there. And time, with heaviest...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 37

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 608 pages
...leaf; but thought, and care, And friends, and foes, in foul or fair, Have " written strange defeature" there. And time, with heaviest hand of all, Like that...writing on the wall, Hath stamp'd sad dates — he can't recall. And error, gilding worst designs — Like speckled snake that strays and shines — Betrays...
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The Bijou: An Annual of Literature and the Arts, Volume 1

Gift books - 1828 - 398 pages
...white sands between the rocks, silent as their shadows. VERSES FOR AN ALBUM. By Charles Lwnb, Esq. FRESH clad from heaven in robes of white, A young...probationer of light, Thou wert, my soul, an Album bright. I A spotless leaf; but thought, and carfi — And friends, and foes, in foul or fair, Have " written...
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The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White ...

Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...but thought, and care, And friend», and foes, in foul or fair, Have • written strange defeature . there. And Time, with heaviest hand of all, Like that fierce writing on the wall, Hath stamp'd sad date», he can't recall. And Error, gilding worst designs, Like speckled snake that strays and shines...
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The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White

Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...to thee deny Thy pretty toys wilh thee to lie, — A more harmless vanity ? VERSES FOR AN ALBUMFRESH clad from Heaven, in robes of white, A young probationer of light, Thou wert, my soul, an Album bright, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. A spotless leaf; but thought, and care. And friends, and foea, in foul or fair....
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 4

Great Britain - 1830 - 482 pages
...specimen of his album verses, but it is undoubtedly the best in the book: LIKES IS MT OWN ALBUM. " Fresh clad from heaven, in robes of white, A young probationer of light, Thou wen, my soul, an Album bright, " A spotless leaf; but thought and care, And friend and foe, in foul...
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