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... hill one day , I listened and heard a mother sheep say , " In all the green world there is nothing so sweet As my little lammie with his nimble feet , With his eyes so bright , 66 Nursery Song . And his wool so white- Oh JO Poetry.
... hill one day , I listened and heard a mother sheep say , " In all the green world there is nothing so sweet As my little lammie with his nimble feet , With his eyes so bright , 66 Nursery Song . And his wool so white- Oh JO Poetry.
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... hills of the Highlands forever I love . Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow ; Farewell to the straths and green valley below ; Farewell to the forests and wild - hanging woods ; Farewell to the torrents and loud - pouring ...
... hills of the Highlands forever I love . Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow ; Farewell to the straths and green valley below ; Farewell to the forests and wild - hanging woods ; Farewell to the torrents and loud - pouring ...
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... hill - top The old king sits ; He is now so old and grey He's nigh lost his wits . With a bridge of white mist Columbkill he crosses , On his stately journeys From Slieveleague to Rosses ; Or going up with music On cold starry nights ...
... hill - top The old king sits ; He is now so old and grey He's nigh lost his wits . With a bridge of white mist Columbkill he crosses , On his stately journeys From Slieveleague to Rosses ; Or going up with music On cold starry nights ...
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... hill ; The Plough - boy is whooping anon , anon . There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains ; Small clouds are sailing , Blue sky prevailing ; The rain is over and gone ! * 44 * William Wordsworth CHORAL SONG OF ...
... hill ; The Plough - boy is whooping anon , anon . There's joy in the mountains ; There's life in the fountains ; Small clouds are sailing , Blue sky prevailing ; The rain is over and gone ! * 44 * William Wordsworth CHORAL SONG OF ...
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... Hill ? " " I heard the drops of water made And the green corn - ears to fill . ” " Oh , tell me all , my Mary , — All , all that ever you know ; For you must have seen the fairies , Last night , on Caldon - Low . " " Then take me on ...
... Hill ? " " I heard the drops of water made And the green corn - ears to fill . ” " Oh , tell me all , my Mary , — All , all that ever you know ; For you must have seen the fairies , Last night , on Caldon - Low . " " Then take me on ...
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Abbot Alfred Tennyson beauty bells Belshazzar beneath birds bishop of Hereford blew blow bob-o'-link bold bower brave breath bright Camelot chee clouds cried dance dark dead dear deep delight dost doth dream Earl Percy earth Edmund Spenser eyes fair father fear flowers forever Gilpin grace green happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hill Inchcape Inchcape Rock Ivy green John John Barleycorn king Lady Moon Lady of Shalott land laugh light live look Lord loud Lycidas meadow merry morning mother mountain never night o'er Patrick Spence Queen quoth Ring river Robin Hood rock rose round sail Samian wine shepherd shore silent sing sleep smile snow soft soul sound Spink stars stood stormy stream tell thee thou art thought tree Twas unto voice waves wild William Shakespeare William Wordsworth wind wings woods
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Page 286 - SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love. A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Page 160 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 101 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 89 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie : There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 120 - FAIR Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song ; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away, Like to the Summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 272 - Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat — Come hither, come hither, come hither ! Here shall we see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun, And loves to live i...
Page 271 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 300 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Page 154 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 146 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold : Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold. And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And. with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,