Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... bright ; Clasping fond her darling round , A thousand kisses healed the wound . Now , abject , stooping , old , and wan , No mother tends the beggar man . Then nought too good for him to wear , With cherub face and flaxen hair , In ...
... bright ; Clasping fond her darling round , A thousand kisses healed the wound . Now , abject , stooping , old , and wan , No mother tends the beggar man . Then nought too good for him to wear , With cherub face and flaxen hair , In ...
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... bright ; The woods and the glens , from the towers which we see , They all are belonging , dear baby , to thee . O , fear not the bugle , though loudly it blows , It calls but the warders that guard thy repose ; Their bows would be ...
... bright ; The woods and the glens , from the towers which we see , They all are belonging , dear baby , to thee . O , fear not the bugle , though loudly it blows , It calls but the warders that guard thy repose ; Their bows would be ...
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... bright ; I feel him warm , but how can he Or make it day or night ? My day or night myself I make , Whene'er I sleep or play ; And could I ever keep awake , With me ' t were always day . With heavy sighs I often hear You mourn my ...
... bright ; I feel him warm , but how can he Or make it day or night ? My day or night myself I make , Whene'er I sleep or play ; And could I ever keep awake , With me ' t were always day . With heavy sighs I often hear You mourn my ...
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... bright , When the red , round sun descended ' Mid clouds of crimson light , Again the boy was playing , And earnestly said he , " O beautiful child Jesus , Come down and play with me ! " I will find thee flowers the fairest , And weave ...
... bright , When the red , round sun descended ' Mid clouds of crimson light , Again the boy was playing , And earnestly said he , " O beautiful child Jesus , Come down and play with me ! " I will find thee flowers the fairest , And weave ...
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... bright fruits celestial Thou shalt have , dear child , thy fill ! " Thus tenderly and kindly The fair child Jesus spoke ; And , full of careful musings , The anxious mother woke . And thus it was accomplished : - In a short month and a ...
... bright fruits celestial Thou shalt have , dear child , thy fill ! " Thus tenderly and kindly The fair child Jesus spoke ; And , full of careful musings , The anxious mother woke . And thus it was accomplished : - In a short month and a ...
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