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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. — James Thomson

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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot.

James Thomson
1728
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Teaching
Medium
Poem
Time
1728
Person
James Thomson
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Thomson, James. Spring. London: Andrew Millar, 1728.

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