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...'milk-white thorn' vgl. Ritter, p. 103, Anm. 2. — Im übrigen verweise ich auf Ritter, 115, und Anm. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw....

...to consume away the life. It enabled him to preserve equanimity, calmness, resignation, " To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose." Becoming a fixed habit, it guarded him almost from the possibility of too great indulgence. It carried...