The Nursery Garland: Being a Selection of Short, Classical Poems, Adapted to Very Early Youth; Respectfully Inscribed to the Mothers of Families |
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Unfpeakable , who fitt'ft above the heavens To us invifible , or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare ... laft in the train of night , If better thou belong not to the dawn , Sure pledge of day , that crown'st the ...
Unfpeakable , who fitt'ft above the heavens To us invifible , or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare ... laft in the train of night , If better thou belong not to the dawn , Sure pledge of day , that crown'st the ...
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| Title | The Nursery Garland: Being a Selection of Short, Classical Poems, Adapted to Very Early Youth; Respectfully Inscribed to the Mothers of Families Opie collection of children's literature ; 017:366 |
| Author | W. M. |
| Publisher | J. Harris, 1801 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Length | 172 pages |
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