Birth Quote by Joseph Addison

“Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.” quote by Joseph Addison — Download Open image

“Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.”

Joseph Addison

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Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.

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T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.

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The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them.

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