Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... , 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 Between them a dispute arose ...
... , 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 Between them a dispute arose ...
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C. T. Harding. And do ye think , ye simple things , That ye are consorts fit for kings ? Your perfume both of ye shall lose , And then such vain things who will choose ? Your wickedness I've long suspected , Reform , or be by me rejected ...
C. T. Harding. And do ye think , ye simple things , That ye are consorts fit for kings ? Your perfume both of ye shall lose , And then such vain things who will choose ? Your wickedness I've long suspected , Reform , or be by me rejected ...
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... simple Daisy said , 66 Why , foolish flower , tell me why To common earth you grow so nigh ? Your spirit show - begin to soar , And bend to humble dust no more ! " с " Proud thing ! " the Daisy then replied ,. THE COWSLIP AND THE DAISY ...
... simple Daisy said , 66 Why , foolish flower , tell me why To common earth you grow so nigh ? Your spirit show - begin to soar , And bend to humble dust no more ! " с " Proud thing ! " the Daisy then replied ,. THE COWSLIP AND THE DAISY ...
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... simple plant , a shrub , or tree , Without some good and wise decree ! Mortals , who doubt great Nature's pow'r , And idly waste each passing hour , Observe yon little Worm , and say , " No more I'll throw my time away ! " Take , then ...
... simple plant , a shrub , or tree , Without some good and wise decree ! Mortals , who doubt great Nature's pow'r , And idly waste each passing hour , Observe yon little Worm , and say , " No more I'll throw my time away ! " Take , then ...
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... er their early loves ; Dwelling on ev'ry simple thing . When first they soar'd on youthful wing And learnt to fly , to bill and coo ,. THE KITE AND THE TURTLE DOVES . THE ENVIOUS ROSES . *. 56 THE KITE AND THE TURTLE DOVES . ...
... er their early loves ; Dwelling on ev'ry simple thing . When first they soar'd on youthful wing And learnt to fly , to bill and coo ,. THE KITE AND THE TURTLE DOVES . THE ENVIOUS ROSES . *. 56 THE KITE AND THE TURTLE DOVES . ...
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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.