Harding's fables for young folks [in verse]. |
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... wish of flowers to be queen ! For those who wear a royal crown , Sleep not because their beds are down . Care too often interposes , Scatt'ring thorns , instead of roses ! " RETALIATION ; OR , THE ANSWER OF THE ROSE TO THE LILY AND THE ...
... wish of flowers to be queen ! For those who wear a royal crown , Sleep not because their beds are down . Care too often interposes , Scatt'ring thorns , instead of roses ! " RETALIATION ; OR , THE ANSWER OF THE ROSE TO THE LILY AND THE ...
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... wish beyond this place ? If so , command , and I will fly Thy ev'ry wish to gratify ! " ' Twas then she plum'd her little breast , " Give me , " she said , " what I love best ! " 66 Disclose , sweet wife , thy wish to me 18 THE SNAKE ...
... wish beyond this place ? If so , command , and I will fly Thy ev'ry wish to gratify ! " ' Twas then she plum'd her little breast , " Give me , " she said , " what I love best ! " 66 Disclose , sweet wife , thy wish to me 18 THE SNAKE ...
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C. T. Harding. 66 Disclose , sweet wife , thy wish to me ? " " My dearest mate , in truth ' tis thee ! I ask no other boon of bliss , For love like thine is happiness ! And when I cease to think it so , Betide me then despair and woe ...
C. T. Harding. 66 Disclose , sweet wife , thy wish to me ? " " My dearest mate , in truth ' tis thee ! I ask no other boon of bliss , For love like thine is happiness ! And when I cease to think it so , Betide me then despair and woe ...
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... wish I always do ; So , mind your sheep , you foolish knave , And , if you like it , be a slave ! ” 66 " A slave ! " exclaim'd the faithful Tray , ' Begone ! insulting cur ! away ; For I'm no slave : my own free will My task inclines me ...
... wish I always do ; So , mind your sheep , you foolish knave , And , if you like it , be a slave ! ” 66 " A slave ! " exclaim'd the faithful Tray , ' Begone ! insulting cur ! away ; For I'm no slave : my own free will My task inclines me ...
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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.