Bell's Ladies' Reader: a Class-book of Poetry for Schools and Families. With an Intr. on the Principles of Elocution |
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... breast 54 39 64. The Sunshine 54 40 65. The Daffodils 55 40 66. A Summer Evening 55 • • 41 67. The Merry Heart 55 42 68. The Sands o ' Dee 56 • 38. To a Bee · 42 69. Old Songs 56 39. Little Children 43 70. The Voice of the Grass 57 40 ...
... breast 54 39 64. The Sunshine 54 40 65. The Daffodils 55 40 66. A Summer Evening 55 • • 41 67. The Merry Heart 55 42 68. The Sands o ' Dee 56 • 38. To a Bee · 42 69. Old Songs 56 39. Little Children 43 70. The Voice of the Grass 57 40 ...
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... breast . I asked her why she loitered there , when the bleak wind blew so chill : She turned her head , and bade the child that screamed behind be still . She told us that her husband served , a soldier , far away ; And therefore to her ...
... breast . I asked her why she loitered there , when the bleak wind blew so chill : She turned her head , and bade the child that screamed behind be still . She told us that her husband served , a soldier , far away ; And therefore to her ...
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... breast , he gently sinks to sleep . His lips are red , his teeth like pearls , -the rogue ! he has but two ; his golden hair , how soft and fair ; his eyes , how bright and blue ! 4 His tiny hands are white and plump ; and , waking or ...
... breast , he gently sinks to sleep . His lips are red , his teeth like pearls , -the rogue ! he has but two ; his golden hair , how soft and fair ; his eyes , how bright and blue ! 4 His tiny hands are white and plump ; and , waking or ...
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... breast - knot gay . Robin , Robin Redbreast , O Robin dear ! Robin sings so sweetly in the falling of the year . " Bright - yellow , red , and orange , the leaves come down in hosts ; the trees are Indian princes , but soon they'll turn ...
... breast - knot gay . Robin , Robin Redbreast , O Robin dear ! Robin sings so sweetly in the falling of the year . " Bright - yellow , red , and orange , the leaves come down in hosts ; the trees are Indian princes , but soon they'll turn ...
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... breast . 2Sweet hour ! that bids the labourer cease ; that gives the weary team release , and leads them home , and crowns them there with rest and shelter , food and care . 30 season of soft sounds and hues , of twilight walks among ...
... breast . 2Sweet hour ! that bids the labourer cease ; that gives the weary team release , and leads them home , and crowns them there with rest and shelter , food and care . 30 season of soft sounds and hues , of twilight walks among ...
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beauty bird bless breast breath bright brow charms cheek child Cloudland clouds cold Comus creeping everywhere cried Cumnor dark darling buds dead dear death delight doth dream Duke dust to dust dwell earth fade fair fear fell beast flowers gone grave green grief hand harp hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill hope horned owl hour John Brown lady light live lonely look Lord Love waves lyre merry merry heart moon morn mother mourn ne'er never night o'er peace praise rest rise rose round shine sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit star stream sweet sweet dove died tears thee There's thine things thou art thought tree Twas twill voice wander waves weary weep wild wind wings Yarrow youth
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Page 197 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, Are fresh and strong.
Page 84 - We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the Summer's rain ; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 182 - she tacks no more! Hither to work us weal; Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel!
Page 183 - gan work the ropes, Where they were wont to do ; They raised their limbs like lifeless tools — We were a ghastly crew. The body of my brother's son Stood by me, knee to knee : The body and I pulled at one rope, But he said nought to me. " I fear thee, ancient Mariner...
Page 135 - MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 187 - There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on the earth as fast...
Page 212 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Page 136 - TELL ME NOT, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 181 - The Sun now rose upon the right: Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea. "And the good south wind still blew behind, But no sweet bird did follow, Nor any day for food or play Came to the mariners
Page 196 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth: Glad Hearts! without reproach or blot; Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh!