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... Summer in its brightness loseth none Of all its early loveliness and worth . Still blooms the flower , and glows the ripen'd fruit , And thro ' the ground the tender leaflets shoot . II . And yet , alas ! I long have been misnamed A ...
... Summer in its brightness loseth none Of all its early loveliness and worth . Still blooms the flower , and glows the ripen'd fruit , And thro ' the ground the tender leaflets shoot . II . And yet , alas ! I long have been misnamed A ...
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... you grant me worthy of some praise In things self - evident to common eyes— If not unheeded are the wild bird's lays , Or graceful tinting of the summer skies— Still , if misanthropy within you lies , To spoil THE WORLD'S COMPLAINT . 3.
... you grant me worthy of some praise In things self - evident to common eyes— If not unheeded are the wild bird's lays , Or graceful tinting of the summer skies— Still , if misanthropy within you lies , To spoil THE WORLD'S COMPLAINT . 3.
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... summer sun , the cheering sky ; Look not on Nature with averted eye , For she is still as constant and as true , And whispers of a hope that cannot die , While other hopes , like drops of glitt'ring dew , Have shone one little moment ...
... summer sun , the cheering sky ; Look not on Nature with averted eye , For she is still as constant and as true , And whispers of a hope that cannot die , While other hopes , like drops of glitt'ring dew , Have shone one little moment ...
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... summer day , Seem'd hastening to some place of rest . No smile was on his wither'd face , It nought but anxious care exprest , Grim poverty had left its trace , And inly rankled at his breast ; Yet in his coat that weary hour , The poor ...
... summer day , Seem'd hastening to some place of rest . No smile was on his wither'd face , It nought but anxious care exprest , Grim poverty had left its trace , And inly rankled at his breast ; Yet in his coat that weary hour , The poor ...
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... summer breeze warm , To play o'er his shrinking and delicate form ; Yet , they'll cover him up with the clay and the mould , And the wind will blow over him , dismal and cold . IV . And there he will lie in the bleak winter night , And ...
... summer breeze warm , To play o'er his shrinking and delicate form ; Yet , they'll cover him up with the clay and the mould , And the wind will blow over him , dismal and cold . IV . And there he will lie in the bleak winter night , And ...
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12 Engravings 24 Engravings Abbé Anec ANECDOTES Author BARWELL beautiful bird Blockley bloom blossoms breath breeze bright cheerful child CHILDREN cloth coloured Croydon delight ditto dream e'en Eight copies England's shall remain eyes fair Farewell to thee feel flow'ret flowers Foolscap 8vo Frontispiece gentle GEOGRAPHY gone half-bound morocco happy heart Highbury HISTORY hope Illustrated with 24 ISAAC TAYLOR Isle of Wight Islington LESSONS light look lute lyre MAMMA'S BIBLE STORIES meadows green merry England's MIND THOSE VANISH'D Miss morning mortal mountain Muse neath never night o'er Paradise-terrace PARLOUR GAMES pass'd perchance plain poet poor Price Princes-street SCENES sea is merry Second Edition seem'd sigh silent sing Sixth Edition smile song sorrow spirit spring summer breeze SUN AND SHADE sweet Tale tears things thought thro tion trees TURRET CLOCK VIII wind Woodcuts WORLD'S COMPLAINT young
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