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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... things I shall want , Nor provide against dangers in time : - When death or old age fhall ftare in my face , What a wretch fhall I be in the end of my days , If I trifle away all their prime ! Now , now , while my strength and my youth ...
... things I shall want , Nor provide against dangers in time : - When death or old age fhall ftare in my face , What a wretch fhall I be in the end of my days , If I trifle away all their prime ! Now , now , while my strength and my youth ...
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... thing amifs , A dull complaining Atheift faid , As ftretched he lay beneath the fhade , 4 And inftanced in this . " Behold , " quoth he , that mighty thing , " A pumpkin large and round , " Is held but by a little ftring , " Which ...
... thing amifs , A dull complaining Atheift faid , As ftretched he lay beneath the fhade , 4 And inftanced in this . " Behold , " quoth he , that mighty thing , " A pumpkin large and round , " Is held but by a little ftring , " Which ...
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... things that on the furface fprung , " And weak and feeble be . " No more the caviller could say , No farther faults defcry ; For upwards gazing as he lay , An acorn loofened from its spray Fell down upon his eye . The wounded part with ...
... things that on the furface fprung , " And weak and feeble be . " No more the caviller could say , No farther faults defcry ; For upwards gazing as he lay , An acorn loofened from its spray Fell down upon his eye . The wounded part with ...
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... thing doft fain to fee , In fpringing flower the image of thy day ; All fee thy virgin rofe how fweetly she Doth firft peep forth with bashful modefty , That fairer feems , the lefs you fee her may ; Lo ! fee foon after , how more bold ...
... thing doft fain to fee , In fpringing flower the image of thy day ; All fee thy virgin rofe how fweetly she Doth firft peep forth with bashful modefty , That fairer feems , the lefs you fee her may ; Lo ! fee foon after , how more bold ...
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... , Till from Time's narrow fhore fet free , It mingle with th ' eternal fea ; And , there enlarg'd , fhall be no more That trifling thing it was before . HUGHES . THE MAN OF ROSS . -ALL our praises why fhould 124 THE NURSERY GARLAND .
... , Till from Time's narrow fhore fet free , It mingle with th ' eternal fea ; And , there enlarg'd , fhall be no more That trifling thing it was before . HUGHES . THE MAN OF ROSS . -ALL our praises why fhould 124 THE NURSERY GARLAND .
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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.