Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... bear my stately form with ease , Conveying me where'er I please ! Ah , this will do - ' tis well , " he cried . " Is it , " a sturdy Reed replied : " You silly Swan , and think you so ? A word or two , before you go . Ere you assert ...
... bear my stately form with ease , Conveying me where'er I please ! Ah , this will do - ' tis well , " he cried . " Is it , " a sturdy Reed replied : " You silly Swan , and think you so ? A word or two , before you go . Ere you assert ...
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C. T. Harding. " Tis when most blest we should prepare A change of fate to nobly bear ; As none can tell when danger's nigh , Or the hour we are doom'd to die . NO IV . A CowSLIP rais'd its golden head , 20 THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES .
C. T. Harding. " Tis when most blest we should prepare A change of fate to nobly bear ; As none can tell when danger's nigh , Or the hour we are doom'd to die . NO IV . A CowSLIP rais'd its golden head , 20 THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES .
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... SILKWORM . BEHOLD that Worm on yonder tree , Which bears the juicy mulberry ; No more it craves the verdant leaf , Its span of life will now be brief : The busy Worm will soon begin Its golden colour'd silk. THE SILKWORM . 23 ...
... SILKWORM . BEHOLD that Worm on yonder tree , Which bears the juicy mulberry ; No more it craves the verdant leaf , Its span of life will now be brief : The busy Worm will soon begin Its golden colour'd silk. THE SILKWORM . 23 ...
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... contemn ! Yon Bee behold ! she murder'd lies , By Ants destroyed , before these eyes ! Observe them now , her sweets they share , Which she in haste did homeward bear , I saw them do the murd'rous deed , And for AND THE ANTS . 29.
... contemn ! Yon Bee behold ! she murder'd lies , By Ants destroyed , before these eyes ! Observe them now , her sweets they share , Which she in haste did homeward bear , I saw them do the murd'rous deed , And for AND THE ANTS . 29.
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... bear my form away , And earth will make it soon decay . And such , Young Leaf will be your lot ; For ' tis the doom of all to rot ! Proud mortals , too , though great they be , Can boast no better destiny ! Then prithee cease to be so ...
... bear my form away , And earth will make it soon decay . And such , Young Leaf will be your lot ; For ' tis the doom of all to rot ! Proud mortals , too , though great they be , Can boast no better destiny ! Then prithee cease to be so ...
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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.