The little folk's birthday book; or, Something good about children, child-life, flowers, &c., for every day in the year, selected and arranged by C.B.1873 |
From inside the book
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... better be ; Or standing long an oak , three hundred year , To fall a log at last , dry , bald , and sere : A lily of a day , is fairer far in May , Although it fall and die that night- It was the plant and flower of light . In small ...
... better be ; Or standing long an oak , three hundred year , To fall a log at last , dry , bald , and sere : A lily of a day , is fairer far in May , Although it fall and die that night- It was the plant and flower of light . In small ...
Common terms and phrases
angel Anon April August baby Barry Cornwall beautiful birdie blackbeetle blessed bloom blow blue bright CARRION crow Charles Bruce Chatterbox cheek cheer child Child World Children's Friend crown cuckoo dark darling dear little December Dolly earth Eliza Cook eyes face fair fairy February flowers gentle George MacDonald golden grave hair hands happy hear heaven ITTLE J. G. Holland January July June kiss legs lie dead light Lily little birds little feet Little Folks little Mary Longfellow look March Mary Howitt Merrie Heart Miss Smedley moon morn mother nest never night November Nursery Rhymes o'er October patter Poems written poor pray pretty rain roses September shine sing sleep smiles snow soft softly song stars summer sweet T. B. Aldrich tender thee thine things tree voice WATER-CRESS weary weep William Blake WILLIE wind wings