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... , lest ever they weep , And their fond mamma be scowling . Three fathers sat up by their ledgers so blank , And they conned their accounts with their heads low down ; MARY'S LAMB . And they added their bills and their 8 FAVORITE POEMS .
... , lest ever they weep , And their fond mamma be scowling . Three fathers sat up by their ledgers so blank , And they conned their accounts with their heads low down ; MARY'S LAMB . And they added their bills and their 8 FAVORITE POEMS .
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... lamp - lit hours of night They look upon with scorn . Early they seek their downy beds , And early they arise , No glint of reason lights their heads To make them good or wise . A torment to the world they live , And unlamented.
... lamp - lit hours of night They look upon with scorn . Early they seek their downy beds , And early they arise , No glint of reason lights their heads To make them good or wise . A torment to the world they live , And unlamented.
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... head and ' gins to pout . I dare not hate his hazy eyes , Nor let him taste my boot's surprise , For if I did she'd cry and scold , -Though Solgie , my rival , is three years old ! - So over the cups she looks at me , Each day as we ...
... head and ' gins to pout . I dare not hate his hazy eyes , Nor let him taste my boot's surprise , For if I did she'd cry and scold , -Though Solgie , my rival , is three years old ! - So over the cups she looks at me , Each day as we ...
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... head and heart had been a whirl . Oh , the love notes that he penned her ! Oh , the glances sweet and tender ! Oh , the rich gifts he would send her- Like an earl . She accepted them - this pretty demoiselle- With all the calm assurance ...
... head and heart had been a whirl . Oh , the love notes that he penned her ! Oh , the glances sweet and tender ! Oh , the rich gifts he would send her- Like an earl . She accepted them - this pretty demoiselle- With all the calm assurance ...
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... head And purse her tempting lips , whose bliss I sipped in long betrothal kiss . The honeymoon has waxed and waned , And now , by expectation led To look for fondness foreordained , I thought , by promise courtship bred , I find that ...
... head And purse her tempting lips , whose bliss I sipped in long betrothal kiss . The honeymoon has waxed and waned , And now , by expectation led To look for fondness foreordained , I thought , by promise courtship bred , I find that ...
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Page 58 - And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle ; But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, " Happy Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight !
Page 176 - The great Lord Cardinal turns at the sight Of these nice little boys dress'd all in white : From his finger he draws His costly turquoise ; And, not thinking at all about little Jackdaws, Deposits it straight By the side of his plate, While the nice little boys on his Eminence wait ; Till, when...
Page 160 - The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are!
Page 160 - Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will." So they took it away, and were married next day By the turkey who lives on the hill.
Page 216 - And then she danced, — oh, heaven, her dancing! Dark was her hair, her hand was white; Her voice was exquisitely tender; Her eyes were full of liquid light; I never saw a waist so slender; Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows.
Page 96 - A SIMILE. Dear Thomas, did'st thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop? There, Thomas, did'st thou never see ('Tis but by way of Simile !) A squirrel spend his little rage, In jumping round a rolling cage ? The cage, as either side...
Page 175 - WE TWO are the greatest folks here to-day ! " And the priests, with awe, As such freaks they saw, Said, "The Devil must be in that Little Jackdaw ! " The feast was over, the board was...
Page 193 - So round his melancholy neck A rope he did entwine, And, for his second time in life Enlisted in the Line! One end he tied around a beam, And then removed his pegs...
Page 177 - Cardinal drew off each plum-colour'd shoe, And left his red stockings exposed to the view; He peeps, and he feels, In the toes and the heels; They turn up the dishes, - they turn up the plates, They take up the poker...
Page 194 - One end he tied around a beam, And then removed his pegs, And as his legs were off, — of course, He soon was off his legs!