Ladies' Gems; Or, Poems on the Love of Flowers, Kindness to Animals, and the Domestic Affections: From the Most Approved Authors1855 - Animals in literature - 108 pages |
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... soft , and humble heart , In the Violet's hidden sweetness breathes ; And the tender soul that cannot part , A twine of Evergreen fondly wreathes . The Cypress that daily shades the grave , Is sorrow that mourns her bitter lot ; And ...
... soft , and humble heart , In the Violet's hidden sweetness breathes ; And the tender soul that cannot part , A twine of Evergreen fondly wreathes . The Cypress that daily shades the grave , Is sorrow that mourns her bitter lot ; And ...
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... soft in summer time , But all unstable they : The rose is rich - but pride of place Is far too high for me- God's simple common things I love- My primrose , such as thee ! I love the fireside of my home , Because all sympathies , The ...
... soft in summer time , But all unstable they : The rose is rich - but pride of place Is far too high for me- God's simple common things I love- My primrose , such as thee ! I love the fireside of my home , Because all sympathies , The ...
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... soft thy voice when woods are still , And thou sing'st hymns to them ; While silent showers are falling slow , And , ' mid the general hush , A sweet air lifts the little bough , Lone whispering through the bush ! The primrose to the ...
... soft thy voice when woods are still , And thou sing'st hymns to them ; While silent showers are falling slow , And , ' mid the general hush , A sweet air lifts the little bough , Lone whispering through the bush ! The primrose to the ...
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... soft invokes to touch the trembling wire ; Yet , ah , how few its sounds shall list , how few His song admire ! But thy sweet lay , Thou darling of the spring ! no ear disdains ; Thy sage instructress , Nature , says , " Be gay ! " And ...
... soft invokes to touch the trembling wire ; Yet , ah , how few its sounds shall list , how few His song admire ! But thy sweet lay , Thou darling of the spring ! no ear disdains ; Thy sage instructress , Nature , says , " Be gay ! " And ...
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... soft lay , And lark's exulting chant , have passed away . Where hast thou been through the bright summer days , When on the air a thousand songs went by ? Oh ! hast thou hushed or treasured up thy lays , Quenching thy bosom's hidden ...
... soft lay , And lark's exulting chant , have passed away . Where hast thou been through the bright summer days , When on the air a thousand songs went by ? Oh ! hast thou hushed or treasured up thy lays , Quenching thy bosom's hidden ...
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Page 57 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way...
Page 66 - That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart...
Page 90 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the...
Page 27 - Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead ; They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit's tread ; The robin and the wren are flown, and from the shrubs the jay, And from the wood-top calls the crow through all the gloomy day. Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers...
Page 58 - At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end ; — Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest.
Page 58 - All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end; Soon shall thou find a summer home, and rest, And scream among thy fellows; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest.
Page 18 - Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies...
Page 46 - Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I; Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up: Make the most of life you may, Life is short and wears away. Both alike are mine and thine Hastening quick to their decline: Thine's a summer, mine's no more, Though repeated to threescore. Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one!
Page 63 - O happy love, — where love like this is found! — O heart-felt raptures! bliss beyond compare! I've paced much this weary mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare — " If heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk- white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 90 - The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well. How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined to my lips ! Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Though...