Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... thee ! " The Reed enjoyed the tide - like joke , And once again the silence broke : 66 Now , mighty sir , my lordly king ! Pray are you not a foolish thing , To leave your home , and all beside , To flow at ease with yonder tide ...
... thee ! " The Reed enjoyed the tide - like joke , And once again the silence broke : 66 Now , mighty sir , my lordly king ! Pray are you not a foolish thing , To leave your home , and all beside , To flow at ease with yonder tide ...
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... thee ? That both of ye are much to blame , And well deserve your present shame , Those downcast looks e'en now proclaim . And , since ye neither aught can say , Begone , presumptuous things ! -away ! Hereafter , ye had best agree Most ...
... thee ? That both of ye are much to blame , And well deserve your present shame , Those downcast looks e'en now proclaim . And , since ye neither aught can say , Begone , presumptuous things ! -away ! Hereafter , ye had best agree Most ...
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... thee ! I ask no other boon of bliss , For love like thine is happiness ! And when I cease to think it so , Betide me ... thee never ; And , but that Fate life's thread will sever , I'd love and live with thee for ever ! " ' Twas at that ...
... thee ! I ask no other boon of bliss , For love like thine is happiness ! And when I cease to think it so , Betide me ... thee never ; And , but that Fate life's thread will sever , I'd love and live with thee for ever ! " ' Twas at that ...
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... thee ! " More jealous then the Roses grew , And stole the Wild - flower's tinge of blue , Exclaiming , " Ah ! how blest our lot ! We're now like you , Forget - me - not . " SONGS , DUETS , & c . WRITTEN AND SOLD. THE ENVIOUS ROSES . 61.
... thee ! " More jealous then the Roses grew , And stole the Wild - flower's tinge of blue , Exclaiming , " Ah ! how blest our lot ! We're now like you , Forget - me - not . " SONGS , DUETS , & c . WRITTEN AND SOLD. THE ENVIOUS ROSES . 61.
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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.