A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best PoetsWilliam Cullen Bryant |
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... eyes , Philip , my king ! For round thee the purple shadow lies Of babyhood's royal dignities . Lay on my neck thy tiny hand With Love's invisible sceptre laden ; I am thine Esther , to command Till thou shalt find thy queen ...
... eyes , Philip , my king ! For round thee the purple shadow lies Of babyhood's royal dignities . Lay on my neck thy tiny hand With Love's invisible sceptre laden ; I am thine Esther , to command Till thou shalt find thy queen ...
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... eyes did glisten ! - She will shortly be to christen ; And papa has made the offer , I shall have the naming of her ... eyes Ever great with new surprise ; Minutes filled with shadeless gladness ; Minutes just as brimmed with ...
... eyes did glisten ! - She will shortly be to christen ; And papa has made the offer , I shall have the naming of her ... eyes Ever great with new surprise ; Minutes filled with shadeless gladness ; Minutes just as brimmed with ...
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... eyes must be ! Little fly , Ope your eye ; Spiders are near by . For a secret I can tell , Spiders never use flies well . Then away Do not stay . Little fly , good day . THEODORE TILTON . WILLIE WINKIE . WEE Willie Winkie rins through ...
... eyes must be ! Little fly , Ope your eye ; Spiders are near by . For a secret I can tell , Spiders never use flies well . Then away Do not stay . Little fly , good day . THEODORE TILTON . WILLIE WINKIE . WEE Willie Winkie rins through ...
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... eyes of fire , Four paws that never tire , That's puss . Ways playful , tail on high , Twisting often toward the sky , That's puss . In the larder , stealing meat , Patter , patter , little feet , That's puss . After ball , reel , or ...
... eyes of fire , Four paws that never tire , That's puss . Ways playful , tail on high , Twisting often toward the sky , That's puss . In the larder , stealing meat , Patter , patter , little feet , That's puss . After ball , reel , or ...
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... eyes Gather in that one moment's space , While peeping round the post she spies Her darling's laughing face ! O , mother's love is glorifying , On the cheek like sunset lying ; In the eyes a moistened light , Softer than the moon at ...
... eyes Gather in that one moment's space , While peeping round the post she spies Her darling's laughing face ! O , mother's love is glorifying , On the cheek like sunset lying ; In the eyes a moistened light , Softer than the moon at ...
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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
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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
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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.
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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