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The inmost heart of man if glad Partakes a livelier cheer, And eyes that cannot but be sad Let fall a brightened tear.

From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Feeding the clods your idlesse drains,   You make more green six feet of soil; His fruitful word, like suns and rains, Partakes the seasons' bounteous pains,   And toils to lighten human toil.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

Feeding the clods your idlesse drains, You make more green six feet of soil; His fruitful word, like suns and rains, Partakes the seasons' bounteous pains, And toils to lighten human toil.

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell

Partakes much of the excellence of the White Doyenne.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.