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... dost say ! " Thus spoke his tender mother ; And on an evening bright , When the red , round sun descended ' Mid clouds of crimson light , Again the boy was playing , And earnestly said he , " O beautiful child Jesus , Come down and play ...
... dost say ! " Thus spoke his tender mother ; And on an evening bright , When the red , round sun descended ' Mid clouds of crimson light , Again the boy was playing , And earnestly said he , " O beautiful child Jesus , Come down and play ...
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... dost , As thou hast done this day ; Shalt have the will and power to please , And shalt be loved alway . " Thus having said , she passed from sight , And nought could Mabel see , But the little bird , the sky - blue bird , Upon the ...
... dost , As thou hast done this day ; Shalt have the will and power to please , And shalt be loved alway . " Thus having said , she passed from sight , And nought could Mabel see , But the little bird , the sky - blue bird , Upon the ...
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... Dost thou from the battle fly ? " Well I know thee , haughty Christian , Long I lived beneath thy roof ; Oft I've in the lists of glory Seen thee win the prize of proof . " Well I know thy aged parents , Well thy blooming bride I know ...
... Dost thou from the battle fly ? " Well I know thee , haughty Christian , Long I lived beneath thy roof ; Oft I've in the lists of glory Seen thee win the prize of proof . " Well I know thy aged parents , Well thy blooming bride I know ...
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... dost tread , Nature's self's thy Ganymede . Thou dost drink , and dance , and sing ; Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see , All the plants , belong to thee ; All that summer - hours produce , Fertile made ...
... dost tread , Nature's self's thy Ganymede . Thou dost drink , and dance , and sing ; Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see , All the plants , belong to thee ; All that summer - hours produce , Fertile made ...
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... Dost in these lines their artless tale relate , If , chance , by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit should inquire thy fate , Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , - " Oft have we seen him , at the peep of dawn ...
... Dost in these lines their artless tale relate , If , chance , by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit should inquire thy fate , Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , - " Oft have we seen him , at the peep of dawn ...
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ARNOLD WINKELRIED beauty beneath bird Birdie bless bloom breast breath bright brow canst cheer child Crocodile customed hill dark dear death deep delight dost doth E'en earth fair father fear flowers fly away home glory gone grave green grief hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hill Inchcape Inchcape rock John Barleycorn King lady Lamb land light live look Lord loud Mabel Mary Howitt maun MIDSUMMER DAY mind mother mountain mourn ne'er never night numbers o'er ODE TO DUTY Old English Poetry Patrick Spence poor praise Queen rock rose round sail Samian wine shining shining book shore silent sing sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spring stars storm stream sweet tears tempests thee thine things thou art thou hast thought tree unto voice wandering waves weep wild wind wings wood