Easy Poetry: a First Book of Selected Poems for Schools and Families1870 - 144 pages |
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Page 45
... doth return . Behold it aforetime No eyes ever did : So soon it for ever From all eyes is hid . Here hath been dawning Another blue day : Think , wilt thou let it Slip useless away ? THOMAS CARLYLE . YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND . YE mariners ...
... doth return . Behold it aforetime No eyes ever did : So soon it for ever From all eyes is hid . Here hath been dawning Another blue day : Think , wilt thou let it Slip useless away ? THOMAS CARLYLE . YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND . YE mariners ...
Page 53
... doth keel † the pot . When all aloud the wind doth blow , And coughing drown the parson's saw , ‡ And birds sit brooding in the snow , And Marion's nose looks red and raw ; When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl , Then nightly sings the ...
... doth keel † the pot . When all aloud the wind doth blow , And coughing drown the parson's saw , ‡ And birds sit brooding in the snow , And Marion's nose looks red and raw ; When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl , Then nightly sings the ...
Page 56
... let no harsh words mar The good we might do here . * Inserted , together with " Before Breakfast , " p . 105 , by permission of the Author , SPEAK GENTLY . Speak gently ! love doth whisper low 56 EASY POETRY . Allingham Bates.
... let no harsh words mar The good we might do here . * Inserted , together with " Before Breakfast , " p . 105 , by permission of the Author , SPEAK GENTLY . Speak gently ! love doth whisper low 56 EASY POETRY . Allingham Bates.
Page 57
James Cornwell. SPEAK GENTLY . Speak gently ! love doth whisper low The vows that true hearts bind ; And gently friendship's accents flow- Affection's voice is kind . Speak gently to the little child , Its love be sure to gain ; Teach it ...
James Cornwell. SPEAK GENTLY . Speak gently ! love doth whisper low The vows that true hearts bind ; And gently friendship's accents flow- Affection's voice is kind . Speak gently to the little child , Its love be sure to gain ; Teach it ...
Page 80
... doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom , For beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb , It is there , it is there , my child ! FELICIA HEMANS , 1793—1835 . A THING of beauty is a joy for ever ; Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass ...
... doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom , For beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb , It is there , it is there , my child ! FELICIA HEMANS , 1793—1835 . A THING of beauty is a joy for ever ; Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass ...
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beautiful beneath birds blessed bloom blow blue brave breath bright bucket CHARLES MACKAY cheerful child clouds cried dark dear dewdrops door doth ELIZA COOK eyes fair Father William FELICIA HEMANS flower gleam grace green HARE AND TORTOISE hath hear heard heart heaven Helvellyn holiday holly tree Inchcape Rock JACK AND JANE JANE TAYLOR kiss kittens ladies gay lamb leaves light look lords and ladies Lucy Gray merry morn mother mountain Mousikin nest never night o'er old arm-chair old oaken bucket orphan boy play poor prayer pretty puss quoth rain robin rose round seen shining shore sigh sing smile snow Somebody's Darling song Speak gently spring storm sweet tear tell thee thing THOMAS CAMPBELL thou thought thrush Tis green TOM HOOD tortoise Twas waves wild WILLIAM ALLINGHAM wind woods young youth