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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... soft , unceasing metronome , Patient and faithful until death . Nobody weighed the baby's soul , For here on earth no weights there be That could avail ; God only knows Its value in eternity . Only eight pounds to hold a soul That seeks ...
... soft , unceasing metronome , Patient and faithful until death . Nobody weighed the baby's soul , For here on earth no weights there be That could avail ; God only knows Its value in eternity . Only eight pounds to hold a soul That seeks ...
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... ] LITTLE FEET Two little feet , so small that both may nestle In one caressing hand , - Two tender feet upon the untried border Of life's mysterious land . Dimpled , and soft , and pink as peach - Etude Realiste Little Feet.
... ] LITTLE FEET Two little feet , so small that both may nestle In one caressing hand , - Two tender feet upon the untried border Of life's mysterious land . Dimpled , and soft , and pink as peach - Etude Realiste Little Feet.
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... soft and sweet , Not one of which is crumpled ! Will yonder dainty dimpled hand- Size , nothing and a quarter- E'er grasp a saber , lead a band To glory and to slaughter ? Or , may I ask , will those blue eyes— In baby patois ...
... soft and sweet , Not one of which is crumpled ! Will yonder dainty dimpled hand- Size , nothing and a quarter- E'er grasp a saber , lead a band To glory and to slaughter ? Or , may I ask , will those blue eyes— In baby patois ...
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... Soft desires I can trace , Secret joys and secret smiles , Little pretty infant wiles . As thy softest limbs I feel Smiles as of the morning steal O'er thy cheek , and o'er thy breast Where thy little heart doth rest . O the cunning ...
... Soft desires I can trace , Secret joys and secret smiles , Little pretty infant wiles . As thy softest limbs I feel Smiles as of the morning steal O'er thy cheek , and o'er thy breast Where thy little heart doth rest . O the cunning ...
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... soft on thine eyes . Alfred Austin [ 1835- MY LITTLE GIRL My little girl is nested Within her tiny bed , With amber ringlets crested Around her dainty head ; She lies so calm and stilly , She breathes so soft and low , She calls to mind ...
... soft on thine eyes . Alfred Austin [ 1835- MY LITTLE GIRL My little girl is nested Within her tiny bed , With amber ringlets crested Around her dainty head ; She lies so calm and stilly , She breathes so soft and low , She calls to mind ...
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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