Poems for Young PeopleWilliam Chambers |
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... cried . Thus wandered these two pretty babes , Till death did end their grief ; In one another's arms they died , As babes wanting relief . No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives , Till Robin Redbreast painfully Did cover them ...
... cried . Thus wandered these two pretty babes , Till death did end their grief ; In one another's arms they died , As babes wanting relief . No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives , Till Robin Redbreast painfully Did cover them ...
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... cries one , " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long , A fish's head , a serpent's tongue , Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its hue- Who ...
... cries one , " Sure never lived beneath the sun : A lizard's body lean and long , A fish's head , a serpent's tongue , Its foot with triple claw disjoined ; And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its hue- Who ...
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... cries the other in a fury : " Why , sir , d'ye think I've lost my eyes ? " " " Twere no great loss , " the friend replies ; " For if they always serve you thus , You'll find them but of little use . " So high at last the contest rose ...
... cries the other in a fury : " Why , sir , d'ye think I've lost my eyes ? " " " Twere no great loss , " the friend replies ; " For if they always serve you thus , You'll find them but of little use . " So high at last the contest rose ...
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... cries , ( Then first the creature found a tongue ) " You all are right , and all are wrong : When next you talk of what you view , Think others see as well as you ; Nor wonder if you find that none Prefers your eyesight to his own ...
... cries , ( Then first the creature found a tongue ) " You all are right , and all are wrong : When next you talk of what you view , Think others see as well as you ; Nor wonder if you find that none Prefers your eyesight to his own ...
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... cries . That day Llewellyn little loved The chase of hart or hare , And scant and small the booty proved , For Gelert was not there . Unpleased Llewellyn homeward hied , When , near the portal seat , His truant Gelert he espied ...
... cries . That day Llewellyn little loved The chase of hart or hare , And scant and small the booty proved , For Gelert was not there . Unpleased Llewellyn homeward hied , When , near the portal seat , His truant Gelert he espied ...
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babes beneath bird blast blasting wind bless bloom blossoms Bluebottle breast breath bright brow carrion crow cheerful child cried croak crow dark dead dear door doth earth Edmonton fair flew flower Gelert Gilpin gold green grief hand happy harebell hath hear heard heart Heaven horse hour ISAAC WATTS John Gilpin kind kiss Ladybird light little Alice live Llewellyn's look looked and smiled Lord MARY BENNETT MARY HOWITT meek mind morn mother ne'er Nettle never night o'er old crow poor praise pretty Redbreast rest rich rise ROBERT HERRICK round Schiraz shade shine Simon simoom sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound sweet tears thee thine thing thou dost thou hast thought Thwack Thy neighbour Tis green Twas unto vale voice wassail Web-Spinner wild wind wings wise wood young youth
Popular passages
Page 131 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 150 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 37 - How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 29 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend ; — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 151 - Her buskins gemmed with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known ! The oak-crowned Sisters and their chaste-eyed Queen Satyrs and Sylvan Boys were seen Peeping from forth their alleys green : Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear ; And Sport leaped up, and seized his beechen spear.
Page 40 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say : " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 47 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
Page 31 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford; But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd.
Page 38 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 33 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...