Poems for Young PeopleWilliam Chambers |
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... hand . And a wag of the tail means , " Thank you , I'm glad ; " And " bow - wow " a true promise gives Of protection : Oh , brother , indeed it were sad To hurt any creature that lives ! THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD . A BALLAD . Now ponder ...
... hand . And a wag of the tail means , " Thank you , I'm glad ; " And " bow - wow " a true promise gives Of protection : Oh , brother , indeed it were sad To hurt any creature that lives ! THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD . A BALLAD . Now ponder ...
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... they did fight About the children's life ; And he that was of mildest mood Did slay the other there , Within an unfrequented wood , While babes did quake for fear . He took the children by the hand , When tears POEMS . 7.
... they did fight About the children's life ; And he that was of mildest mood Did slay the other there , Within an unfrequented wood , While babes did quake for fear . He took the children by the hand , When tears POEMS . 7.
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... hand in hand , Went wandering up and down , But never more they saw the man Returning from the town . Their pretty lips with blackberries Were all besmeared and dyed , And when they saw the darksome night , They sat them down and cried ...
... hand in hand , Went wandering up and down , But never more they saw the man Returning from the town . Their pretty lips with blackberries Were all besmeared and dyed , And when they saw the darksome night , They sat them down and cried ...
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... hand These children for to kill , Was for a robbery judged to die , As was God's blessed will ; Who did confess the very truth The which is here expressed : Their uncle died while he for debt In prison long did rest . C All you that be ...
... hand These children for to kill , Was for a robbery judged to die , As was God's blessed will ; Who did confess the very truth The which is here expressed : Their uncle died while he for debt In prison long did rest . C All you that be ...
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... Thrice happy man ! enabled to pursue What all so wish , but want the power to do ! Oh say what sums that generous hand supply ! What mines to swell that boundless charity ! Of debts and taxes , wife and children clear , POEMS . 21.
... Thrice happy man ! enabled to pursue What all so wish , but want the power to do ! Oh say what sums that generous hand supply ! What mines to swell that boundless charity ! Of debts and taxes , wife and children clear , POEMS . 21.
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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...