The Nursery Garland: Being a Selection of Short, Classical Poems, Adapted to Very Early Youth; Respectfully Inscribed to the Mothers of Families |
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... breast , Shalt grace her hand , or deck her hair , The flower most sweet , the nymph most fair . Breathe foft , ye winds ! be calm , ye skies ! Arife , ye flowery race , arife ! And hafte thy beauties to disclose , Queen of fragrance ...
... breast , Shalt grace her hand , or deck her hair , The flower most sweet , the nymph most fair . Breathe foft , ye winds ! be calm , ye skies ! Arife , ye flowery race , arife ! And hafte thy beauties to disclose , Queen of fragrance ...
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... breast Her new - laid eggs the fondly prefs'd , And on her wicker - work high mounted , Her chickens prematurely counted , ( A fault philofophers might blame , If quite exempted from the fame , ) Enjoy'd at eafe the genial day ; ' Twas ...
... breast Her new - laid eggs the fondly prefs'd , And on her wicker - work high mounted , Her chickens prematurely counted , ( A fault philofophers might blame , If quite exempted from the fame , ) Enjoy'd at eafe the genial day ; ' Twas ...
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... breast . When to pure and timid virtue Friendship twine's a votive wreath , O'er the fair selected garland Thou thy perfume soft shalt breathe . SYBILLA . THE DEBTOR . CHILDREN of affluence , hear a poor man's pray'rl O hafte , and free ...
... breast . When to pure and timid virtue Friendship twine's a votive wreath , O'er the fair selected garland Thou thy perfume soft shalt breathe . SYBILLA . THE DEBTOR . CHILDREN of affluence , hear a poor man's pray'rl O hafte , and free ...
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... breast , That little all to spare . So may thy hofpitable board With health and peace be crown'd ; And every charm of heart - felt eafe . Beneath thy roof be found , So , when deftruction lurks unfeen , Which men like mice may fhare ...
... breast , That little all to spare . So may thy hofpitable board With health and peace be crown'd ; And every charm of heart - felt eafe . Beneath thy roof be found , So , when deftruction lurks unfeen , Which men like mice may fhare ...
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... breast ; And kindly clear it all within , From darker blemishes of fin And fhine with grace , until we view The realm it gilds with glory too . See the day that dawns in air , Brings along its toil and care : From the lap of Night it ...
... breast ; And kindly clear it all within , From darker blemishes of fin And fhine with grace , until we view The realm it gilds with glory too . See the day that dawns in air , Brings along its toil and care : From the lap of Night it ...
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ANWYLL beams beauty Belfield beſt blaſt bleffings bleft blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath caft canker-worm charms Churchill crown'd darkneſs dear delight dwell earth EDMUND EDWARD Elinor eternal ev'ry facred fafe fair fame fate fcene fear feek feems ferene fhade fhall fhine fhould figh filent fing fleep flower fmile foft fome fong foon foothe forrow foul ftar ftill ftore ftrain ftream fuch fupply furveys fweet glory grace hand happy heart Heaven hour Howard marks lefs light mind Miss Onslow misty mountains moffy morn mourn Mufe MYLO night nymph o'er paffions peace pity pleaſe pleaſure poor pow'r praiſe pride purſue rife rill rofe round ſhade ſhall ſhare ſkies ſky ſmile ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtill ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thou thouſand thro toil treaſure truth vale Virtue wakeful eye Whofe Wiſdom youth
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Page 159 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 103 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe.
Page 158 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 158 - 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 89 - It is a period nowhere to be found In all the hoary registers of time, Unless perchance in the fool's calendar. Wisdom disclaims the word, nor" holds society With those who own it.
Page 93 - How fair is the Rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May : But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet the Rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field ! When its leaves are all dead and...
Page 116 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been.
Page 13 - I HATE that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands.
Page 121 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 115 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain.