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... Youth .... Wm . Shakespeare . 758 Cradle Hymn ... Isaac Watts . 25 Elizabeth Prentiss . 23 L. E. L. Maclean . 294 Cradle Song .... Crescentius ... Cromwell , Sonnet to the Lord General .. Milton . 234 Crowded Street , The ...
... Youth .... Wm . Shakespeare . 758 Cradle Hymn ... Isaac Watts . 25 Elizabeth Prentiss . 23 L. E. L. Maclean . 294 Cradle Song .... Crescentius ... Cromwell , Sonnet to the Lord General .. Milton . 234 Crowded Street , The ...
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... Youth .... Dirge from " 753 " Cymbeline " . 637 Sheridan's Ride .. 349 Morning ..... 439 The Closing Scene .... 640 " On a day - alack the day " . 141 The Stranger on the Sill ......... 77 " Over hill , over dale " , 794 ROBINSON ...
... Youth .... Dirge from " 753 " Cymbeline " . 637 Sheridan's Ride .. 349 Morning ..... 439 The Closing Scene .... 640 " On a day - alack the day " . 141 The Stranger on the Sill ......... 77 " Over hill , over dale " , 794 ROBINSON ...
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... youth I cordially mingle ; Nae forms to compel me to seem wae or glad , I may laugh when I'm merry , and sigh when I'm sad . Nae falsehood to dread , and nae malice to fear , But truth to delight me , and friendship to cheer ; Of a ...
... youth I cordially mingle ; Nae forms to compel me to seem wae or glad , I may laugh when I'm merry , and sigh when I'm sad . Nae falsehood to dread , and nae malice to fear , But truth to delight me , and friendship to cheer ; Of a ...
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... youth , he takes the mother's eye ; new gown , Or deposite her sair - won penny - fee , To help her parents dear , if they in hard- ship be . With joy unfeign'd , brothers and sisters meet , And each for other's welfare kindly spiers ...
... youth , he takes the mother's eye ; new gown , Or deposite her sair - won penny - fee , To help her parents dear , if they in hard- ship be . With joy unfeign'd , brothers and sisters meet , And each for other's welfare kindly spiers ...
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... she keep the roses of youth Still fresh in her cheeks ? My roses are flown . It lies in a nutshell : why do I ask ? A woman's life is her own . Then goes to her music , blithe as a bird 14 FIRESIDE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POETRY .
... she keep the roses of youth Still fresh in her cheeks ? My roses are flown . It lies in a nutshell : why do I ask ? A woman's life is her own . Then goes to her music , blithe as a bird 14 FIRESIDE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POETRY .
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ALFRED TENNYSON angels beauty bells BEN JONSON beneath Binnorie bird bless bonny bosom breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth eyes face fair fear flowers frae glory grace grave green hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven holy hour ISAAC WATTS JOHN KEATS king lady land light lips live look look'd Lord LORD BYRON maid milldams morning mother ne'er never night o'er pale pass'd PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY praise ROBERT BURNS ROBERT HERRICK rose round seem'd shine sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit stars sweet tears tell thee There's thine THOMAS HOOD THOMAS MOORE thou art thought tree Twas voice wave weary weep wild WILLIAM WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings young youth
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Page 698 - ery kind, Sound the trump, the cornet wind, Strike the viol, touch the lute, Let not tongue nor string be mute; Nor a creature dumb be found That hath eithe^r voice or sound. Let those things which do not live
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