Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... dost say ! " Thus spoke his tender mother ; And on an evening 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 ...
... dost say ! " Thus spoke his tender mother ; And on an evening 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 ...
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... dost , As thou hast done this day ; Shalt have the will and power to please , And shalt be loved alway . " Thus having said , she passed from sight , And nought could Mabel see , But the little bird , the sky - blue bird , Upon the ...
... dost , As thou hast done this day ; Shalt have the will and power to please , And shalt be loved alway . " Thus having said , she passed from sight , And nought could Mabel see , But the little bird , the sky - blue bird , Upon the ...
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... Dost thou from the battle fly ? " Well I know thee , haughty Christian , Long I lived beneath thy roof ; Oft I've in the lists of glory Seen thee win the prize of proof . " Well I know thy aged parents , Well thy blooming bride I know ...
... Dost thou from the battle fly ? " Well I know thee , haughty Christian , Long I lived beneath thy roof ; Oft I've in the lists of glory Seen thee win the prize of proof . " Well I know thy aged parents , Well thy blooming bride I know ...
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... what can be In happiness compared to thee ? Fed with nourishment divine , The dewy morning's gentle wine ! Nature waits upon thee still , And thy verdant cup doth fill ; " T is filled wherever thou dost tread , Nature's 92 THE GRASSHOPPER .
... what can be In happiness compared to thee ? Fed with nourishment divine , The dewy morning's gentle wine ! Nature waits upon thee still , And thy verdant cup doth fill ; " T is filled wherever thou dost tread , Nature's 92 THE GRASSHOPPER .
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... dost drink , and dance , and sing ; Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see , All the plants , belong to thee ; All that summer - hours produce , Fertile made with early juice . Man for thee does sow and ...
... dost drink , and dance , and sing ; Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see , All the plants , belong to thee ; All that summer - hours produce , Fertile made with early juice . Man for thee does sow and ...
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