A collection of poems from various authors, fo young persons1856 - 102 pages |
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... of placid mien , The traitor's smooth disguise , Resolved , unheeded , and unseen , To snatch the glorious prize . COWPER So to her prey , approaching soft , She crouched SELECT POETRY . 27 The Cat and the Canary Anon.
... of placid mien , The traitor's smooth disguise , Resolved , unheeded , and unseen , To snatch the glorious prize . COWPER So to her prey , approaching soft , She crouched SELECT POETRY . 27 The Cat and the Canary Anon.
Page 28
Collection. So to her prey , approaching soft , She crouched , with eyes of fire , Then straight with furious bound aloft , Close clasped the glittering wire . Down fell the cage , and down the bird , And down the cat fell too ; The ...
Collection. So to her prey , approaching soft , She crouched , with eyes of fire , Then straight with furious bound aloft , Close clasped the glittering wire . Down fell the cage , and down the bird , And down the cat fell too ; The ...
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... Soft as then thy blushes peer , Half their fragrant purple hiding , ' Neath the leaves that flourish near . This , methinks , thy modest bearing Lends a moral to our race- Happy who such beauty sharing , Share alike thy simple grace ...
... Soft as then thy blushes peer , Half their fragrant purple hiding , ' Neath the leaves that flourish near . This , methinks , thy modest bearing Lends a moral to our race- Happy who such beauty sharing , Share alike thy simple grace ...
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... Soft as the dew from Heav'n descends , His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far in the wilderness obscure The lonely mansion lay , A refuge to the neighb'ring poor And strangers led ...
... Soft as the dew from Heav'n descends , His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far in the wilderness obscure The lonely mansion lay , A refuge to the neighb'ring poor And strangers led ...
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... soft repose , No low'ring cloud obscures the sky , Nor ruffling tempest blows . Now ev'ry passion sinks to rest , The throbbing heart lies still ; And varying schemes of life no more Distract the lab'ring will . In silence hush'd , to ...
... soft repose , No low'ring cloud obscures the sky , Nor ruffling tempest blows . Now ev'ry passion sinks to rest , The throbbing heart lies still ; And varying schemes of life no more Distract the lab'ring will . In silence hush'd , to ...
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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