Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... Bright and unfading let them be , To deck the brow of infancy . Shield her , good sprites , from care and strife , With flow'rets strew her path through life ; A Princess born to regal state , Affection's Rose , the joy of fate ! Twelve ...
... Bright and unfading let them be , To deck the brow of infancy . Shield her , good sprites , from care and strife , With flow'rets strew her path through life ; A Princess born to regal state , Affection's Rose , the joy of fate ! Twelve ...
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... the ground , Where oxlips red and violets blue Displayed bright gems of morning dew ; And nothing more did he espy Than a stray dog , as wand'ring nigh , Whose idle tricks there naught was new in , For THE YOUNG SHEPHERD . 53 333.
... the ground , Where oxlips red and violets blue Displayed bright gems of morning dew ; And nothing more did he espy Than a stray dog , as wand'ring nigh , Whose idle tricks there naught was new in , For THE YOUNG SHEPHERD . 53 333.
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... bright , unclouded day , Alike the fate of each shall be , And you shall dwell at ease with me . Though I should roam the country wide , No change of scene shall us divide ; But for that worthless Bruin there , Another lot he's doom'd ...
... bright , unclouded day , Alike the fate of each shall be , And you shall dwell at ease with me . Though I should roam the country wide , No change of scene shall us divide ; But for that worthless Bruin there , Another lot he's doom'd ...
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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.