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Page 15
... eye , And bade them kindly go with him , And 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 . ' 15 . These pretty babes ...
... eye , And bade them kindly go with him , And 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 . ' 15 . These pretty babes ...
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... eye , Who was it sung sweet lullaby , And rocked me that I should not cry ? My Mother . 3 . Who sat and watched my infant head , When sleeping in my cradle bed , And tears of sweet affection shed ? My Mother . 4 . When pain and sickness ...
... eye , Who was it sung sweet lullaby , And rocked me that I should not cry ? My Mother . 3 . Who sat and watched my infant head , When sleeping in my cradle bed , And tears of sweet affection shed ? My Mother . 4 . When pain and sickness ...
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... eyes , or dare despise , My Mother , NETTLE KING . h great and strong , poison - flowers were long ; and height also , gof the plante below ! ' sar and dank , broad and rail , Lentry ; LOVE 11 in 20 what I Dietlig ; tit tuom the Nette ...
... eyes , or dare despise , My Mother , NETTLE KING . h great and strong , poison - flowers were long ; and height also , gof the plante below ! ' sar and dank , broad and rail , Lentry ; LOVE 11 in 20 what I Dietlig ; tit tuom the Nette ...
Page 19
... eyes , My Mother . 19 THE NETTLE KING . THERE was a nettle both great and strong , And the threads of his poison - flowers were long ; He rose up in strength and height also , And he said , ' I'll be king of the plants below ! ' It was ...
... eyes , My Mother . 19 THE NETTLE KING . THERE was a nettle both great and strong , And the threads of his poison - flowers were long ; He rose up in strength and height also , And he said , ' I'll be king of the plants below ! ' It was ...
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... eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master ' gainst a post : Yet round the world the blade has been , To see whatever could be seen . Returning from his finished tour Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you ...
... eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master ' gainst a post : Yet round the world the blade has been , To see whatever could be seen . Returning from his finished tour Grown ten times perter than before ; Whatever word you ...
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Page 168 - Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle His throne rejoicing : ye in heaven ; On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Page 105 - At church with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Page 55 - But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage And froze the genial current of the soul.
Page 179 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound; And, as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each (for madness ruled the hour) Would prove his own expressive power.
Page 55 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre...
Page 35 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill...
Page 39 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. 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...
Page 103 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 180 - He threw his blood-stained sword, in thunder, down ; And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe...
Page 57 - 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.