The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912: With an Appendix Containing a Few Well-known Poems in Other Languages |
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... hear Coomin ' doon the street ? Weel I ken the dump , dump , O ' her beetic feet ; Mercy me ! she's at the door ! Hear her lift the sneck ; Wheesht , an ' cuddle mammy noo , Closer roun ' the neck . Jenny wi ' the airn teeth , The bairn ...
... hear Coomin ' doon the street ? Weel I ken the dump , dump , O ' her beetic feet ; Mercy me ! she's at the door ! Hear her lift the sneck ; Wheesht , an ' cuddle mammy noo , Closer roun ' the neck . Jenny wi ' the airn teeth , The bairn ...
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... hear him screichin ' oot . Dump , dump , awa ' she gangs Back the road she cam ' , I hear her at the ither door , Speirin ' after Tam ; He's a crabbit , greetin ' thing- The warst in a ' the toon , Little like my ain wee wean- Losh ...
... hear him screichin ' oot . Dump , dump , awa ' she gangs Back the road she cam ' , I hear her at the ither door , Speirin ' after Tam ; He's a crabbit , greetin ' thing- The warst in a ' the toon , Little like my ain wee wean- Losh ...
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... hear . " Drop thy pipe , thy happy pipe ; Sing thy songs of happy cheer ! " So I sang the same again , While he wept with joy to hear . " Piper , sit thee down and write In a book that all may read . " So he vanished from my sight ; And ...
... hear . " Drop thy pipe , thy happy pipe ; Sing thy songs of happy cheer ! " So I sang the same again , While he wept with joy to hear . " Piper , sit thee down and write In a book that all may read . " So he vanished from my sight ; And ...
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... hear the merry women go With laughter , loud and shrill : " The wind , the wind is coming south " Twill blow a gentle day . " They gather on the meadow - land To toss the yellow hay . The wind , the wind , the wind , the wind , Is ...
... hear the merry women go With laughter , loud and shrill : " The wind , the wind is coming south " Twill blow a gentle day . " They gather on the meadow - land To toss the yellow hay . The wind , the wind , the wind , the wind , Is ...
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... hear His coming , But in this world of sin , Where meek souls will receive Him still , The dear Christ enters in . O holy Child of Bethlehem ! Descend to us , we pray ; Cast out our sin , and enter in , Be born in us to - day . We hear ...
... hear His coming , But in this world of sin , Where meek souls will receive Him still , The dear Christ enters in . O holy Child of Bethlehem ! Descend to us , we pray ; Cast out our sin , and enter in , Be born in us to - day . We hear ...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English: With an Appendix ..., Volume 1 Burton Egbert Stevenson No preview available - 1959 |
The Home Book of Verse, American and English: With an Appendix ..., Volume 1 Burton Egbert Stevenson No preview available - 1953 |
Common terms and phrases
Alfred Tennyson Algernon Charles Swinburne angels babe baby Baby Bell beauty birds bless blow blue blush bonnie bosom breast breath bright cheek child dark dear doth dream earth Ernest Dowson eyes face fair fairy fear feet flowers George Edward Woodberry George Gordon Byron girl Glenlogie golden grace green grow hair hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven kiss lady lassie laugh light lips live look love thee Love's lover lullaby maid merry moon morning mother ne'er never night o'er once pain pretty Robert Browning Robert Herrick rose round shine sigh sing sleep smile snow soft song sorrow soul stars sweet tears tell There's thine things Thomas Campion Thomas Hood thou art thought tree Twas voice Walter Savage Landor weary weep William Wordsworth wind wings wonder young youth