Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... hath wished , " Said all , " whate'er it be ! " Kind Mabel heard the words they spake , And from the lonesome glen Unto the good old grandmother Went gladly back again . Thus happened it to Mabel On that midsummer day , And these three ...
... hath wished , " Said all , " whate'er it be ! " Kind Mabel heard the words they spake , And from the lonesome glen Unto the good old grandmother Went gladly back again . Thus happened it to Mabel On that midsummer day , And these three ...
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... hath stood , It brings into my mind almost Those patriarchs old before the flood . THE WIND IN A FROLIC . - William Howitt . THE wind one morning sprang up from sleep , Saying , " Now for a frolic ! now for a leap ! Now for a madcap ...
... hath stood , It brings into my mind almost Those patriarchs old before the flood . THE WIND IN A FROLIC . - William Howitt . THE wind one morning sprang up from sleep , Saying , " Now for a frolic ! now for a leap ! Now for a madcap ...
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... hath naught to do , - Just as much light - hearted cheer be melted to a tear , As may By a word , a tone , a look , Pity's touch , or Love's rebuke , - As much of frankness , sweetly free , 47 As may consort with modesty , As much of ...
... hath naught to do , - Just as much light - hearted cheer be melted to a tear , As may By a word , a tone , a look , Pity's touch , or Love's rebuke , - As much of frankness , sweetly free , 47 As may consort with modesty , As much of ...
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... hath blown a gale all day , At evening it hath died away . On the deck the Rover takes his stand ; So dark it is they see no land ; - Quoth Sir Ralph , " It will be lighter soon , For there is the dawn of the rising moon . " " Can'st ...
... hath blown a gale all day , At evening it hath died away . On the deck the Rover takes his stand ; So dark it is they see no land ; - Quoth Sir Ralph , " It will be lighter soon , For there is the dawn of the rising moon . " " Can'st ...
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... hath the calmest sound , Their living voice the likest moves To lifeless noises round , In such sweet monotone as clings To music of insensate things ! - $ My little doves were taken away From that glad 104 MY DOVES .
... hath the calmest sound , Their living voice the likest moves To lifeless noises round , In such sweet monotone as clings To music of insensate things ! - $ My little doves were taken away From that glad 104 MY DOVES .
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