Poems for Youth, Parts 1-2Baldwin, Cradock, & Company, 1821 - 78 pages |
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William Roscoe. TO A ROBIN REDBREAST . SWEET Robin , how I love to hear Thy tuneful song this wintry day ; To me it is a sweeter song Than any in the month of May . Thy music is as charming now , When not a flower or leaf is seen , As ...
William Roscoe. TO A ROBIN REDBREAST . SWEET Robin , how I love to hear Thy tuneful song this wintry day ; To me it is a sweeter song Than any in the month of May . Thy music is as charming now , When not a flower or leaf is seen , As ...
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... Hear , mighty Genius , hear my prayer . For all my many raptures known , Within thy greenwood range alone ; For all the blessings breathing there , From wood and water , earth and air ; Thy sunny banks , thy noon - day glooms , And ...
... Hear , mighty Genius , hear my prayer . For all my many raptures known , Within thy greenwood range alone ; For all the blessings breathing there , From wood and water , earth and air ; Thy sunny banks , thy noon - day glooms , And ...
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... Ah ! now thy breast no longer glows , To hear thy oft repeated name ; No more thy hovering wings disclose The transports of thy little frame . Henceforth to soothe the sullen ear Of death , in 31 On the Death of a Canary Bird.
... Ah ! now thy breast no longer glows , To hear thy oft repeated name ; No more thy hovering wings disclose The transports of thy little frame . Henceforth to soothe the sullen ear Of death , in 31 On the Death of a Canary Bird.
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... ring - doves rest On their downy breast , Flitting thro ' the air we pass ; Where screams the owl , And watch - dogs howl , We revel in the shaven grass . Then , when we hear Loud chanticleer , Again to 41 Fairy Song Hymn.
... ring - doves rest On their downy breast , Flitting thro ' the air we pass ; Where screams the owl , And watch - dogs howl , We revel in the shaven grass . Then , when we hear Loud chanticleer , Again to 41 Fairy Song Hymn.
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William Roscoe. Then , when we hear Loud chanticleer , Again to our haunts we fly ; And thro ' the day , Sleep the hours away , Till the moon - beams again we spy . HYMN . O GOD , to thee , who first 42.
William Roscoe. Then , when we hear Loud chanticleer , Again to our haunts we fly ; And thro ' the day , Sleep the hours away , Till the moon - beams again we spy . HYMN . O GOD , to thee , who first 42.
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Page 66 - But they all laughed so loud that he pulled in his head, And went in his own little chamber to bed. Then as evening gave way to the shadows of night, Their watchman, the glowworm, came out with a light. " Then home let us hasten, while yet we can see, For no watchman is waiting for you and for me.
Page 64 - And the sly little Dormouse Crept out of his hole, And led to the feast His blind brother the Mole ; And the Snail with his horns Peeping out from his shell, Came from a great distance, The length of an ell.
Page 65 - Harlequin fell ; Yet he touched not the ground, but with talons outspread, Hung suspended in air at the end of a thread. Then the grasshopper came with a jerk and a spring, Very long was his leg, though but short was his wing ; He took but three leaps, and was soon out of sight, Then chirped his own praises the rest of the night. With step so majestic the snail did advance, And promised the gazers a minuet...
Page 64 - Snail, with his horns peeping out from his shell, Came from a great distance — the length of an ell. A mushroom their table, and on it was laid A water-dock leaf, which a table-cloth made ; The viands were various, to each of their taste, And the Bee brought his honey to crown the repast. There, close on his haunches, so solemn and wise, The Frog from a corner looked up to the skies ; And the Squirrel, well pleased such diversion to see, Sat cracking his nuts overhead in a tree.
Page 1 - How sweet the birds sing in the skies ! 2 How fresh appear the hills and trees ! And oh ! how pure the morning breeze ! I bless Thy love in all I see, For, were not these things made for me ? 3 .Not me alone — for Thou hast given Thy good to all beneath the heaven ; And I rejoice that others share The gift, the blessing, and the prayer.
Page 99 - THE shades of night were scarcely fled; The air was mild, the winds were still; And slow the slanting sun-beams spread O'er wood and lawn, o'er heath and hill: From fleecy clouds of pearly hue Had...
Page 100 - Unconscious of a mother's care, No infant wretchedness she knew; But as she felt the vernal air, At once to full perfection grew. Her slender form, ethereal light, Her velvet-textured wings infold ; With all the rainbow's colours bright, And dropt with spots of burnish'd gold.
Page 63 - COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball, and the Grasshopper's feast; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you.
Page 63 - Saw the Children of Earth and the Tenants of Air For an Evening's Amusement together repair. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back. And there was the Gnat and the Dragon-fly too, With all their Relations, green, orange and blue. And there came the Moth, with...
Page 102 - Another day shall still unfold; "A sun of milder radiance rise, "A happier age of joys untold. ' ' Shall the poor worm that shocks thy sight, "The humblest form in Nature's train, "Thus rise in newborn lustre bright, " And yet the emblem teach in vain.