A Poetry Book for National Schools. Illustrated with ... Engravings1856 - 128 páginas |
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... friends , I'd rock in it nicely , you'd see ; I would sit in the middle , And hold by both ends , Oh , what a bright cradle ' twould be ! I would call to the stars To keep out of the way , Lest we should rock over their toes ; And there ...
... friends , I'd rock in it nicely , you'd see ; I would sit in the middle , And hold by both ends , Oh , what a bright cradle ' twould be ! I would call to the stars To keep out of the way , Lest we should rock over their toes ; And there ...
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... friend or kin in the world has she ; So mother says , ' our Father in heaven ' Has given the care of poor Jennie to me . All day , dear mother is out at washing , To earn our rent and clothes and food ; So I can't go play at ' jars of ...
... friend or kin in the world has she ; So mother says , ' our Father in heaven ' Has given the care of poor Jennie to me . All day , dear mother is out at washing , To earn our rent and clothes and food ; So I can't go play at ' jars of ...
Página 74
... , my feather'd friend , again , Well thou know'st the broken pane , Ask of me thy daily store , Ever welcome to my door . Abs T LEWES MORNING . IN the barn the tenant cock , Close. 74 A Poetry Book . Invitation to a Robin.
... , my feather'd friend , again , Well thou know'st the broken pane , Ask of me thy daily store , Ever welcome to my door . Abs T LEWES MORNING . IN the barn the tenant cock , Close. 74 A Poetry Book . Invitation to a Robin.
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... upon your bed ! " Said the cunning Spider to the Fly , " Dear friend , what can I do , To prove the warm affection I have always felt for you ? T BOLTON S #Wein I have within my pantry good 86 A Poetry Book . The Spider and the.
... upon your bed ! " Said the cunning Spider to the Fly , " Dear friend , what can I do , To prove the warm affection I have always felt for you ? T BOLTON S #Wein I have within my pantry good 86 A Poetry Book . The Spider and the.
Página 104
... friend , on his back ; And there was the Gnat , and the Dragon - fly too , With all their relations , green , orange , and blue . And there came the Moth in his plumage of down , And the Hornet in jacket of yellow and brown , Who with ...
... friend , on his back ; And there was the Gnat , and the Dragon - fly too , With all their relations , green , orange , and blue . And there came the Moth in his plumage of down , And the Hornet in jacket of yellow and brown , Who with ...
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ask'd baby beautiful beneath blessings blue breast bright brings brook brother butterfly canst cheer child churchyard cold cottage cowslip creature daisies darling dear eyes face famous victory Father flowers gentle river glad gone grass green happy HARRISON WEIR head hear heard heart heaven hill HYMN James Cooper kittens Ladybird lamb lark laughing little bird little children little Dormouse little Maid LITTLE PUSSY look look'd merry moon morning mother never night o'er peeping Pet Lamb pitter patter play pleasant poor posies praise pray prayer pretty little pretty things Rose round S. V. Slader SAMUEL PALMER shining sing sister skies sleep smiled snow song Spider spring squirrel stars summer sweet tell There's thing Thomas Bolton thou to-day tree turn'd Turtle-dove Twas violet walk'd warm WILLIAM HEMSLEY wind wing winter wood Wood-Mouse young
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Página 94 - You say that two at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea, Yet ye are seven ? I pray you tell, Sweet maid, how this may be ? Then did the little maid reply, " Seven boys and girls are we ; Two of us in the churchyard lie Beneath the churchyard tree.
Página 94 - That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Página 112 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done; And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round...
Página 65 - THE frost looked forth one still clear night, And whispered, " Now I shall be out of sight ; So through the valley and over the height, In silence I'll take my way : I will not go on like that blustering train, The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they.
Página 113 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Página 98 - THE dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink ; I heard a voice ; it said, " Drink, pretty Creature, drink ! " And, looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain Lamb with a Maiden at its side. No other sheep were near, the Lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone ; With one knee on the grass did the little Maiden kneel, While to that mountain Lamb she gave its evening meal.
Página 99 - What ails thee, young One? what ? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee ? well both for bed and board ? Thy plot of grass is soft, and green as grass can be; Rest, little young One, rest ; what is't that aileth...
Página 65 - I'll be as busy as they." 2. Then he flew to the mountain, and powdered its crest; He lit on the trees, and their boughs he dressed In diamond beads; and over the breast Of the quivering lake, he spread A coat of mail, that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear, That he hung on its margin, far and near, Where a rock could rear its head.
Página 100 - Thy limbs, are they not strong? and beautiful thou art. This grass is tender grass, these flowers they have no peers, And that green corn all day is rustling in thy ears.
Página 96 - My brother John and I. And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you, then," said I, " If they two are in heaven ?" Quick was the little Maid's reply,