Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... morning dew , ' Ere yet appear'd the golden sun , Or daily labour had begun . The reptile , eager to surprise , Gazed wildly round with darting eyes , Then drew his scaly length along , Attracted by a warbler's song— The Nightingale ...
... morning dew , ' Ere yet appear'd the golden sun , Or daily labour had begun . The reptile , eager to surprise , Gazed wildly round with darting eyes , Then drew his scaly length along , Attracted by a warbler's song— The Nightingale ...
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... 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.
... 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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... morning , and close towards the evening . " - Spectator . " This book is a GEM of the first order . " - Sunday Times . MRS . LOUDON'S GLIMPSES of NATURE , and Objects of Interest Described during a Visit to the Isle of Wight . With 37 ...
... morning , and close towards the evening . " - Spectator . " This book is a GEM of the first order . " - Sunday Times . MRS . LOUDON'S GLIMPSES of NATURE , and Objects of Interest Described during a Visit to the Isle of Wight . With 37 ...
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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.