Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... round her bowers , " Young Violet , with looks so blue , And you , Miss Whiteface , who are you , That dare my sov'reign will oppose ? Did I not crown the lovely Rose ? And do ye think , ye simple things , That B 2 AND THE ROSE . 13 ...
... round her bowers , " Young Violet , with looks so blue , And you , Miss Whiteface , who are you , That dare my sov'reign will oppose ? Did I not crown the lovely Rose ? And do ye think , ye simple things , That B 2 AND THE ROSE . 13 ...
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... . 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 , sweet bird of night ! Whose tones. THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES . 17.
... . 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 , sweet bird of night ! Whose tones. THE SNAKE AND THE NIGHTINGALES . 17.
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... 'ring roses grew , That bees were hiv'd , and gaily seen Disporting o'er a meadow green , Where Ants had raised a hillock round , Containing cells. THE BEES , THE WASP , AND THE ANTS . THE OWL , THE MAGPIE , THE PARROT , THE. c 2 35 ...
... 'ring roses grew , That bees were hiv'd , and gaily seen Disporting o'er a meadow green , Where Ants had raised a hillock round , Containing cells. THE BEES , THE WASP , AND THE ANTS . THE OWL , THE MAGPIE , THE PARROT , THE. c 2 35 ...
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C. T. Harding. Where Ants had raised a hillock round , Containing cells beneath the ground , Arrang'd with skill in ev'ry part , Surpassing all mechanic art . The little creatures daily ran About the hive : it was their plan , To gather ...
C. T. Harding. Where Ants had raised a hillock round , Containing cells beneath the ground , Arrang'd with skill in ev'ry part , Surpassing all mechanic art . The little creatures daily ran About the hive : it was their plan , To gather ...
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... and play With the new - mown hay . Not contented was he With what he did see , Till he had hopp'd round The whole of the ground ; And ah ! I must tell What too soon befell That sad wicked fly , Whose doom ' twas to 38 ...
... and play With the new - mown hay . Not contented was he With what he did see , Till he had hopp'd round The whole of the ground ; And ah ! I must tell What too soon befell That sad wicked fly , Whose doom ' twas to 38 ...
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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.