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Circles in water as they wider flow, / The less conspicuous in their progress grow, / And when at last they trench upon the shore, / Distinction ceases, and they're view'd no more.
Circles in water as they wider flow, / The less conspicuous in their progress grow, / And when at last they trench upon the shore, / Distinction ceases, and they're view'd no more.
Approximate author period: c. 1793 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- George Crabbe
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- Approximate author period: c. 1793 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Crabbe. · page_043
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