The Infant Minstrel; Or, Poetry for Young MindsHarvey and Darton, 1829 |
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anxious ask'd Augustus bang'd the door Beguiled bird bosom breast bright busy bee cheer cherub child coach cobbler Content dear boy dear mamma dear papa dearest delight destroy dew-drop doll EDWIN THE BLIND Emma ev'ning fair is ev'ry faithful flowers frisks garden gave give gleaner gone happy heart huntsman's INFANT MINSTREL insect kind kite landlord's lesson life's little boy little busy little darling little girl LITTLE JANE look'd master's milkmaid mind morn mother ne'er nest never nimbly noontide o'er orphan boy parent pass'd pity playmates pleasure pow'r pray roam roll'd rose sadly share shoe sigh sleep smiling spider spread stood summer's day sweet talk'd taught tear tell tender thee thou Thro toil tree Trim Twas Valley of Peace white lie WOODMAN'S HUT YEAR'S DAY Он
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Page 15 - THE GOOD LITTLE BOY. TOM was a modest little boy, His father's and his mother's joy, For he was very good : He seldom gave them cause to chide, His little faults he did not hide, But own'd them, as he should.
Page 16 - A day, in such obedience spent, Is sure to yield the most content, For frequently I find, That one wrong word, or angry fray, Or lazy fit, will spoil a day, And make a heavy mind.
Page 16 - At home, at school, or at my play, 'Tis right to tell my mother ; For this I've noticed, many a time, That, trying to conceal one crime.