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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... all ended , And death says : " The school is dismissed ! " May the little ones gather around me , To bid me good night and be kissed ! Charles Monroe Dickinson [ 1842- THE CHILDREN'S HOUR BETWEEN the dark and the daylight ,
... all ended , And death says : " The school is dismissed ! " May the little ones gather around me , To bid me good night and be kissed ! Charles Monroe Dickinson [ 1842- THE CHILDREN'S HOUR BETWEEN the dark and the daylight ,
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... HOUR BETWEEN the dark and the daylight , When the night is beginning to lower , Comes a pause in the day's occupations , That is known as the Children's Hour . I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet , The sound of a ...
... HOUR BETWEEN the dark and the daylight , When the night is beginning to lower , Comes a pause in the day's occupations , That is known as the Children's Hour . I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet , The sound of a ...
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... hour o ' his birth , Still watches his wearisome wanderings on earth ; Recording in heaven the blessings they earn Wha couthilie deal wi ' the mitherless bairn ! O , speak him na harshly , -he trembles the while , He bends to your ...
... hour o ' his birth , Still watches his wearisome wanderings on earth ; Recording in heaven the blessings they earn Wha couthilie deal wi ' the mitherless bairn ! O , speak him na harshly , -he trembles the while , He bends to your ...
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... hour is sweet ! " When I , rebellious , clamored for the light . But now I love the soft approach of night , And now with folded hands I sit and dream While all too fleet the hours of twilight seem ; And thus I know that I am growing ...
... hour is sweet ! " When I , rebellious , clamored for the light . But now I love the soft approach of night , And now with folded hands I sit and dream While all too fleet the hours of twilight seem ; And thus I know that I am growing ...
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... hour of youthful joy ! Give back my twentieth spring ! I'd rather laugh , a bright - haired boy , Than reign , a gray - beard king . Off with the spoils of wrinkled age ! Away with Learning's crown ! Tear out life's Wisdom - written ...
... hour of youthful joy ! Give back my twentieth spring ! I'd rather laugh , a bright - haired boy , Than reign , a gray - beard king . Off with the spoils of wrinkled age ! Away with Learning's crown ! Tear out life's Wisdom - written ...
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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 |
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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