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Page 103
... birds do sing , hey ding a ding , ding ; Sweet lovers love the spring . Between the acres of the rye , With a hey , and a ho , and a hey nonino , These pretty country folks would lie , In the spring time , the only pretty ring time ...
... birds do sing , hey ding a ding , ding ; Sweet lovers love the spring . Between the acres of the rye , With a hey , and a ho , and a hey nonino , These pretty country folks would lie , In the spring time , the only pretty ring time ...
Page 126
... birds , I hear her charm the air : } ; There's not a bonie flower that springs , By fountain , shaw , or green ... birds , And I sae fu ' o care ! ROBERT BURNS Thou'll break my heart , thou bonie bird , That sings upon the bough ; Thou ...
... birds , I hear her charm the air : } ; There's not a bonie flower that springs , By fountain , shaw , or green ... birds , And I sae fu ' o care ! ROBERT BURNS Thou'll break my heart , thou bonie bird , That sings upon the bough ; Thou ...
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... bird is exceeding pale , from little head to scanty tail ; she is striped with black on either wing , which is rose - lined , like a princely thing . Though small the bulk of the brilliant third , of all blue birds ' tis the bluest bird ...
... bird is exceeding pale , from little head to scanty tail ; she is striped with black on either wing , which is rose - lined , like a princely thing . Though small the bulk of the brilliant third , of all blue birds ' tis the bluest bird ...
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK I | 1 |
Anon Lully lulley | 2 |
Anon The Laily Worm | 3 |
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ANON beauty BEN JONSON beneath birds blood breast breath bright clouds dark dead dear death delight doth dream earth EMILY BRONTË eternal ev'ry eyes fair fall fear fire flowers friends glory golden grace grave green grief hair hand hast hath head hear heart heaven JOHN DONNE JOHN MILTON kiss Lady leave light lips live look Lord Lord Randal Love's lovers MICHAEL DRAYTON mind moon morn never night numbers o'er pain PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure Poems rest ROBERT HERRICK rose round shade shadows shalt shepherd shine sighs sight silent sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile soft song Sonnet sorrow soul spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thine things THOMAS CAMPION thou art thought tree unto voice waves weep wild WILLIAM WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings