Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... canst spread ; Canst feed the little dog and bird ; And thou canst make her bed . C " And thou canst fetch the water From the lady MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY . 19.
... canst spread ; Canst feed the little dog and bird ; And thou canst make her bed . C " And thou canst fetch the water From the lady MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY . 19.
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" And thou canst fetch the water From the lady - well hard by ; And thou canst gather from the wood The fagots brown and dry ; " Canst go down to the lonesome glen , To milk the mother - ewe ; This is the work , my Mabel , That thou ...
" And thou canst fetch the water From the lady - well hard by ; And thou canst gather from the wood The fagots brown and dry ; " Canst go down to the lonesome glen , To milk the mother - ewe ; This is the work , my Mabel , That thou ...
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... canst sigh a sigh , And thy Maker is not nigh ; Think not thou canst weep a tear , And thy Maker is not near . O , he gives to us his joy , That our griefs he may destroy ; Till our grief is fled and gone , He doth sit by us and moan ...
... canst sigh a sigh , And thy Maker is not nigh ; Think not thou canst weep a tear , And thy Maker is not near . O , he gives to us his joy , That our griefs he may destroy ; Till our grief is fled and gone , He doth sit by us and moan ...
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... canst gain ; For rain and mountain storms the like thou need'st not fear - - The rain and storm are things that scarcely can come here . " Rest , little , young one , rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first , in ...
... canst gain ; For rain and mountain storms the like thou need'st not fear - - The rain and storm are things that scarcely can come here . " Rest , little , young one , rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first , in ...
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... church - way path we saw him borne ; Approach and read ( for thou canst read ) the lay , Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn . “ There scattered oft , the earliest of the year ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD . 129.
... church - way path we saw him borne ; Approach and read ( for thou canst read ) the lay , Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn . “ There scattered oft , the earliest of the year ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD . 129.
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