Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... spring or river Washes out and out forever ; But to cherish stains impure , Soil deliberate to endure , On the skin to fix a stain Till it works into the grain , Argues a degenerate mind , Sordid , slothful , ill - inclined , Wanting in ...
... spring or river Washes out and out forever ; But to cherish stains impure , Soil deliberate to endure , On the skin to fix a stain Till it works into the grain , Argues a degenerate mind , Sordid , slothful , ill - inclined , Wanting in ...
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... springs Is quite unknown to these young things . We elder children , then , will smile At our dear little John a while , And bear with him , until he see There is a sweet felicity In pleasing more than only one , Dear little , craving ...
... springs Is quite unknown to these young things . We elder children , then , will smile At our dear little John a while , And bear with him , until he see There is a sweet felicity In pleasing more than only one , Dear little , craving ...
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... spring To fetch the water thence , Do not disturb the little stream , Lest this should give offence . " For the queen of all the fairies , She loves that water bright ; I've seen her drinking there myself On many a summer night . " But ...
... spring To fetch the water thence , Do not disturb the little stream , Lest this should give offence . " For the queen of all the fairies , She loves that water bright ; I've seen her drinking there myself On many a summer night . " But ...
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... spring , But no drop did she spill . " Thou art a handy maiden , " The fairy lady said ; " Thou hast not spilt a drop , nor yet The fairy spring troubled ! " And for this thing which thou hast done , Yet mayst not understand , I give to ...
... spring , But no drop did she spill . " Thou art a handy maiden , " The fairy lady said ; " Thou hast not spilt a drop , nor yet The fairy spring troubled ! " And for this thing which thou hast done , Yet mayst not understand , I give to ...
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... spring , Nor bear it from the ground , " While on this oak an acorn small , So disproportioned , grows , That whosoe'er surveys this all , This universal casual ball , 66 Its ill contrivance knows . My better judgment would have hung ...
... spring , Nor bear it from the ground , " While on this oak an acorn small , So disproportioned , grows , That whosoe'er surveys this all , This universal casual ball , 66 Its ill contrivance knows . My better judgment would have hung ...
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