Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... never quit their home , On wild Ambition's wing to 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 ...
... never quit their home , On wild Ambition's wing to 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 ...
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... never ; And , but that Fate life's thread will sever , I'd love and live with thee for ever ! " ' Twas at that sad and fearful hour The subtle Snake made known his pow'r , When , demon like , he rais'd his head , And terror struck his ...
... never ; And , but that Fate life's thread will sever , I'd love and live with thee for ever ! " ' Twas at that sad and fearful hour The subtle Snake made known his pow'r , When , demon like , he rais'd his head , And terror struck his ...
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... never knew . Sometimes a drone , as passing by , Would stop and sip their store - house nigh ; But , on no further mischief bent , He'd fly away , and rest content . Long had they lived in mutual glee , -- A kind of social amity , Until ...
... never knew . Sometimes a drone , as passing by , Would stop and sip their store - house nigh ; But , on no further mischief bent , He'd fly away , and rest content . Long had they lived in mutual glee , -- A kind of social amity , Until ...
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... never made but to ensnare . " Of specious friends we should be shy , Till we perceive good reason why From others they should us select , To overload with their respect . Those who profess too much e'er doubt , And seek to find their ...
... never made but to ensnare . " Of specious friends we should be shy , Till we perceive good reason why From others they should us select , To overload with their respect . Those who profess too much e'er doubt , And seek to find their ...
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... never known to fear . " " ; " You Pie ! -I say you're quite a bore , Fit only for an alehouse door ! A pretty bird , indeed , for law- But one remove from a Jackdaw ! A stupid thing , for ever snarling , Not half so clever as the ...
... never known to fear . " " ; " You Pie ! -I say you're quite a bore , Fit only for an alehouse door ! A pretty bird , indeed , for law- But one remove from a Jackdaw ! A stupid thing , for ever snarling , Not half so clever as the ...
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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.