A collection of poems from various authors, fo young persons1856 - 102 pages |
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... earth and heaven ! God for thee the Spring has given , Taught the birds their melodies , Cloth'd the earth , and clear'd the skies , For thy pleasure or thy food : - Pour thy soul in gratitude ! To a Redbreast . MARY HOWITT . LITTLE ...
... earth and heaven ! God for thee the Spring has given , Taught the birds their melodies , Cloth'd the earth , and clear'd the skies , For thy pleasure or thy food : - Pour thy soul in gratitude ! To a Redbreast . MARY HOWITT . LITTLE ...
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... earth . For scarce nine suns have wak'd the hours , To swell the fruit , and paint the flow'rs , Since I thy humbler life survey'd , In base and sordid guise array'd ; A hideous insect , vile , unclean , You dragg'd a slow and noisome ...
... earth . For scarce nine suns have wak'd the hours , To swell the fruit , and paint the flow'rs , Since I thy humbler life survey'd , In base and sordid guise array'd ; A hideous insect , vile , unclean , You dragg'd a slow and noisome ...
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... earth can afford . But the sound of the church - going bell , These valleys and rocks never heard ; Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appeared . Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this ...
... earth can afford . But the sound of the church - going bell , These valleys and rocks never heard ; Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appeared . Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this ...
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... earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth , And melancholy mark'd him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to ...
... earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth , And melancholy mark'd him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere ; Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to ...
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... earth unseen , or only found To warm the turtle's nest . " For shame , fond youth , thy sorrows hush , And spurn the sex , " he said : But while he spoke , a rising blush His love - lorn guest betray'd . Surpriz'd he sees new beauties ...
... earth unseen , or only found To warm the turtle's nest . " For shame , fond youth , thy sorrows hush , And spurn the sex , " he said : But while he spoke , a rising blush His love - lorn guest betray'd . Surpriz'd he sees new beauties ...
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ANON beautiful beneath biped bird breast breath bright Butterfly Cassowary cell charms Chough Cimmerian clouds coral strand COWPER cried dancing dark death delight door doth dwell earth Edmonton Ev'n Excelsior eyes fair fame FAVERSHAM flew flowers gleam glow grave Guillemot haste hath head hear heard heart heave heaven horse hour Il Penseroso John Gilpin L'Allegro light live look'd loud maid melancholy Milton mirth morn mournfully musing native ne'er nest never night numbers Nymph o'er passion peace Pelops pensive pity Pixies pleasure poems Ptarmigan rebecs rest Rose round Seven Sisters shade shine sing skies smiling Snail soft solitude of Binnorie song soon sorrow soul sound spirit star stormy winds story stream Superior Planets sweet tale Thebes thee thou Twas unseen vale voice wave wild winds do blow wings WORDSWORTH young youth ΑΝΟΝ