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... dear " 124 Courtin ' , The 102 Our wee White Rose 16 First Snow - Fall , The 184 MCMASTER , GUY HUMPHREY . H. W. L. , To 702 England , 1829 . Rhœcus 642 The Old Continentals 446 Sonnets . 126 Summer Storm . MEDLEY , SAMUEL . 313 What Mr ...
... dear " 124 Courtin ' , The 102 Our wee White Rose 16 First Snow - Fall , The 184 MCMASTER , GUY HUMPHREY . H. W. L. , To 702 England , 1829 . Rhœcus 642 The Old Continentals 446 Sonnets . 126 Summer Storm . MEDLEY , SAMUEL . 313 What Mr ...
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... dear , the child is swallowing a pin ! ) Thou little tricksy Puck ! With antic toys so funnily bestuck , Light as the singing bird that rings the air , ( The door ! the door ! he'll tumble down the stair ! ) Thou darling of thy sire ...
... dear , the child is swallowing a pin ! ) Thou little tricksy Puck ! With antic toys so funnily bestuck , Light as the singing bird that rings the air , ( The door ! the door ! he'll tumble down the stair ! ) Thou darling of thy sire ...
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... dear winning ways but O , I never , never shall see him no more ! O dear ! to think of losing him just after nussing him back from death's door ! Only the very last month when the windfalls , hang ' em , was at twenty a penny ! And the ...
... dear winning ways but O , I never , never shall see him no more ! O dear ! to think of losing him just after nussing him back from death's door ! Only the very last month when the windfalls , hang ' em , was at twenty a penny ! And the ...
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... dear ; Be good unto my boy and girl , No friends else I have here . " With that bespake their mother dear , " O brother kind , " quoth she , " You are the man must bring our babes To wealth or misery . " And if you keep them carefully ...
... dear ; Be good unto my boy and girl , No friends else I have here . " With that bespake their mother dear , " O brother kind , " quoth she , " You are the man must bring our babes To wealth or misery . " And if you keep them carefully ...
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... dear ones , Have wasted with dry brow ; But when thy fingers press And pat my stooping head , I cannot bear the gentleness , The tears are in their bed . Ah , first - born of thy mother , When life and hope were new ; Kind playmate of ...
... dear ones , Have wasted with dry brow ; But when thy fingers press And pat my stooping head , I cannot bear the gentleness , The tears are in their bed . Ah , first - born of thy mother , When life and hope were new ; Kind playmate of ...
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Page 684 - ed to music all their fountains, And breathed upon the frozen mountains, And like a prophetess of May Strewed flowers upon the barren way, Making the wintry world appear Like one on whom thou smilest, dear. Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood
Page 712 - long legs " and thighs Passed the common in shape or in color or size, He was wont to consider an absolute prize. Well, it happened one day, — I really can't say The particular month ; hut I think Ч was in May, — 'T was, I know,
Page 565 - ou ! Lightismyheart since the day we were plighted ; Kedisniy cheek that they told me
Page 536 - я fair. Give me but what this ribbon bound," perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep ; While the birds unbounded fly, •из POEMS OF NATURE. And with music fill the sky, Now, even now, my joys run high. Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for
Page 297 - hymn ! in swarming cities vast, Assembled men to the deep organ join T
Page 446 - And often after sunset, sir, When it U light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my gnpper there. " The first that died was Sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay. Till God released her of her pain ; And the» she went away.
Page 617 - eldritch skreech and hollow. Ah, Tarn ! ah, Tarn ! thou'll 0 ] \
Page 540 - CAROLINE NORTON. HIGH-TIDE ON THE COAST OP LIN COLNSHIRE. Тик old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three ; " Play uppe, play uppe, О Boston belK ! Ply all your changes, all