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William Howitt. FINE HOME BREWED ALE October . 4 THE BOOK OF THE SEASONS ; OR , THE CALENDAR. Quoth I , fair lass , wilt thou gang wi ' me , Where black - cocks crow , and plovers cry ? ALLAN CUNNINGHAM .
William Howitt. FINE HOME BREWED ALE October . 4 THE BOOK OF THE SEASONS ; OR , THE CALENDAR. Quoth I , fair lass , wilt thou gang wi ' me , Where black - cocks crow , and plovers cry ? ALLAN CUNNINGHAM .
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... thou Revisit'st not these eyes , that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray , and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs , Or dim suffusion veiled : yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear ...
... thou Revisit'st not these eyes , that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray , and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs , Or dim suffusion veiled : yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear ...
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... , or pain , or grief , Should be thy portion , with what healing thoughts Of tender joy wilt thou remember me , And these my benedictions ! Such is the united testimony of our greatest poetical minds XX INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... , or pain , or grief , Should be thy portion , with what healing thoughts Of tender joy wilt thou remember me , And these my benedictions ! Such is the united testimony of our greatest poetical minds XX INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
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... thou- sand pleasant objects , and the field of a multi- tude of animating pursuits . The rarest beauties of the vegetable world are not only there con- gregated , heightened in the richness and splen- dour of their charms , but there ...
... thou- sand pleasant objects , and the field of a multi- tude of animating pursuits . The rarest beauties of the vegetable world are not only there con- gregated , heightened in the richness and splen- dour of their charms , but there ...
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... this neighbourhood both the Vespillo and Sepultor , and also the Necrodes littoralis . pursue the same plan ; and I should ima- gine most of our large Necrophaga do the same . April . Thou that hast loved so long and well 64 MARCH .
... this neighbourhood both the Vespillo and Sepultor , and also the Necrodes littoralis . pursue the same plan ; and I should ima- gine most of our large Necrophaga do the same . April . Thou that hast loved so long and well 64 MARCH .
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aliis Alpine amongst autumn Azalea banks beauty bees behold birds blue bogs boughs Broad-leaved Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH Chalky Cnicus coast comes April comes Aug comes Dec comes Nov comes Oct Common corn Corn-fields creatures cum mult Curruca delightful Ditches earth eggs Eringo Fieldfare fields flowers forest fresh Fritillary frost Fumitory Gardens Globe-flower goes Feb goes Sept Goosander grass green Haunts Hawkweed heart Hipparchia Hornbeam insects John's-wort larvæ leaves Marsh MARY HOWITT Meadows and pastures Moist month Moth mountains mult Nature nest numbers Orchis Phlox plants pleasant poets Polyommatus pools Primula Purple Rest-Harrow Rhododendron rivers rocks Sandy places Saxifrage Scotland Sea-shore season SELECT CALENDAR snow species Spiræa spirit spring Star of Bethlehem streams summer sweet thou trees tures Viburnum vulgaris Waste ground Watery places White wild Willow winter Woods and hedges Yellow young Zinnia