 To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.  Annual Report of the Department of Education - Page 69by New Brunswick. Board of Education, New Brunswick. Department of Education - 1893Full view - About this book
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