Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... sweet delight Which from participation 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 ...
... sweet delight Which from participation 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 ...
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... sweet and kind . But all that while the brownies Within the fir - wood still , They watched her how she picked the wood , And strove to do no ill . " And , O , but she is small and neat , " Said one ; " ' t were shame to spite A ...
... sweet and kind . But all that while the brownies Within the fir - wood still , They watched her how she picked the wood , And strove to do no ill . " And , O , but she is small and neat , " Said one ; " ' t were shame to spite A ...
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... - blessings She took with her away . ' Tis good to make all duty sweet , To be alert and kind ; " T is good , like little Mabel , To have a willing mind . THE ATHEIST AND THE ACORN . " METHINKS this world 26 MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY .
... - blessings She took with her away . ' Tis good to make all duty sweet , To be alert and kind ; " T is good , like little Mabel , To have a willing mind . THE ATHEIST AND THE ACORN . " METHINKS this world 26 MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY .
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... Sweet maid , how this may be . " Then did the little maid reply , " Seven boys and girls are we ; Two of us in the churchyard lie , Beneath the churchyard tree . " " You run about , my little maid , Your limbs they are alive ; If two ...
... Sweet maid , how this may be . " Then did the little maid reply , " Seven boys and girls are we ; Two of us in the churchyard lie , Beneath the churchyard tree . " " You run about , my little maid , Your limbs they are alive ; If two ...
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... Sweet sister , do not fear ; God never prosper me nor mine , Nor aught else that I have , If I do wrong your children dear , When you are laid in grave . ” Their parents being dead and gone , The children home he takes , And brings them ...
... Sweet sister , do not fear ; God never prosper me nor mine , Nor aught else that I have , If I do wrong your children dear , When you are laid in grave . ” Their parents being dead and gone , The children home he takes , And brings them ...
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