Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... Snake and the Nightingales 14 • 17 The Cowslip and the Daisy 21 The Silkworm 23 The Bees , the Wasp , and the Ants 25 The Owl , the Magpie , the Parrot , and the Jay 32 The Grasshopper and Rosetta 37 The Old and the Young Leaf 40 The ...
... Snake and the Nightingales 14 • 17 The Cowslip and the Daisy 21 The Silkworm 23 The Bees , the Wasp , and the Ants 25 The Owl , the Magpie , the Parrot , and the Jay 32 The Grasshopper and Rosetta 37 The Old and the Young Leaf 40 The ...
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... roam , But rest content with health and ease , And their own humble pow'rs to please . Contented all should pass through life , To seek ambition causes strife . } No. 3 . THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES . A 16 RETALIATION .
... roam , But rest content with health and ease , And their own humble pow'rs to please . Contented all should pass through life , To seek ambition causes strife . } No. 3 . THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES . A 16 RETALIATION .
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C. T. Harding. No. 3 . THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES . A SNAKE , of many colour'd hue , Went forth to drink the morning dew , ' Ere yet appear'd the golden sun , Or daily labour had begun . The reptile , eager to surprise , Gazed wildly ...
C. T. Harding. No. 3 . THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES . A SNAKE , of many colour'd hue , Went forth to drink the morning dew , ' Ere yet appear'd the golden sun , Or daily labour had begun . The reptile , eager to surprise , Gazed wildly ...
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... ? If so , command , and I will fly Thy ev'ry wish to gratify ! " ' Twas then she plum'd her little breast , " Give me , " she said , " what I love best ! " 66 Disclose , sweet wife , thy wish to me 18 THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES .
... ? If so , command , and I will fly Thy ev'ry wish to gratify ! " ' Twas then she plum'd her little breast , " Give me , " she said , " what I love best ! " 66 Disclose , sweet wife , thy wish to me 18 THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES .
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... Snake made known his pow'r , When , demon like , he rais'd his head , And terror struck his victim dead . * The widow'd bird alone was left , Of every hope on earth bereft . And thus in life we often see Joy giving place to misery ...
... Snake made known his pow'r , When , demon like , he rais'd his head , And terror struck his victim dead . * The widow'd bird alone was left , Of every hope on earth bereft . And thus in life we often see Joy giving place to misery ...
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Affection's Rose Allegory Ants bird blest bold BOND-STREET born to regal C. T. HARDING Catina caus'd CHAPMAN AND ELCOATE CLIFFORD-STREET COWSLIP cried Daisy dear Grassy doom'd e'en e'er earth England's budding Envious Roses ev'ry exclaim'd faithless fav'rite flew Flora flow'rets flower Forget-me-not frolic GRASSHOPPER AND ROSETTA happy Hawes heart HONEST TRAY hopp'd humble joy of fate Kite LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS LAZY BRUIN Lily Macfarren Magpie MARCHAND DE BOUQUETS Miss Maria moons have pass'd mortals Mousy MOUSYLINA THE WILD Myrtle Bower natal day ne'er nigh numbers nursed in Fancy's o'er Parrot pow'r pray prey Princess Royal prithee race Reed replied roam Royal Highness seek seiz'd sheep Shepherd Boy SILKWORM silly SNAKE Song soon speech spleen sportive strife sweet thee thing tree TURTLE DOVES Twas Twelve waning moons Twill vale Violet Wasp wing Wisdom's yonder YOUNG FOLKS Young Leaf younglings
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Page 60 - A PRETTY blue-eyed laughing flower Grew wildly near a myrtle bower, Where many roses graced the spot, Who envied the — Forget-me-not. " Ah, simple flower !" the roses cried, " You boast a power to us denied; You speak the language of the heart, Whilst fragrance only we impart.
Page 3 - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. AND MANY OF THE NOBILITY, CLERGY, GENTRY, &C.