Poems for Young PeopleWilliam Chambers |
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... How strange is the instinct that never goes wrong , Which is given to each at its birth ! An instinct that wise men have reckoned among The marvellous things of the earth . Look at Puss with her kittens - at Rob in 2 POEMS .
... How strange is the instinct that never goes wrong , Which is given to each at its birth ! An instinct that wise men have reckoned among The marvellous things of the earth . Look at Puss with her kittens - at Rob in 2 POEMS .
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William Chambers. Look at Puss with her kittens - at Rob in his nest They always know just what is right ; They always do that which is fittest and best , And seem in their task to delight . Poor Rover ! Good Dog ! how I wish you could ...
William Chambers. Look at Puss with her kittens - at Rob in his nest They always know just what is right ; They always do that which is fittest and best , And seem in their task to delight . Poor Rover ! Good Dog ! how I wish you could ...
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William Chambers. " Now , brother , " said the dying man , " Look on my children dear , Be good unto my boy and girl , No friend else have I here : To God and you I do commend My children night and day ; But little while , be sure , we ...
William Chambers. " Now , brother , " said the dying man , " Look on my children dear , Be good unto my boy and girl , No friend else have I here : To God and you I do commend My children night and day ; But little while , be sure , we ...
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... look they did not cry . And two long miles he led them on , While they for food complain : " Stay here , " quoth he , " I'll bring you bread When I do come again . " These pretty babes , with hand in hand , Went wandering up and down ...
... look they did not cry . And two long miles he led them on , While they for food complain : " Stay here , " quoth he , " I'll bring you bread When I do come again . " These pretty babes , with hand in hand , Went wandering up and down ...
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... look with vengeance in His eyes , If I should ever dare despise , My Mother . THE NETTLE KING . BY MARY HOWITT . THERE was a Nettle both great and strong , And the threads of his poison - flowers were long ; He rose up in strength and ...
... look with vengeance in His eyes , If I should ever dare despise , My Mother . THE NETTLE KING . BY MARY HOWITT . THERE was a Nettle both great and strong , And the threads of his poison - flowers were long ; He rose up in strength and ...
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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...