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... feet , One at my heart , my soul to keep . Jenny Wren Jenny Wren fell sick ; Upon a merry time , In came Robin Redbreast , And brought her sops of wine . Eat well of the sop , Jenny , Drink well of the wine ; Thank you Robin kindly ...
... feet , One at my heart , my soul to keep . Jenny Wren Jenny Wren fell sick ; Upon a merry time , In came Robin Redbreast , And brought her sops of wine . Eat well of the sop , Jenny , Drink well of the wine ; Thank you Robin kindly ...
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... feet . May brings flocks of pretty lambs , Skipping by their fleecy dams . June brings tulips , lilies , roses , Fills the children's hands with posies . Hot July brings cooling showers , Apricots and gillyflowers . August brings the ...
... feet . May brings flocks of pretty lambs , Skipping by their fleecy dams . June brings tulips , lilies , roses , Fills the children's hands with posies . Hot July brings cooling showers , Apricots and gillyflowers . August brings the ...
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... feet ? What the hammer , what the chain , Knit thy strength and forged thy brain ? What the anvil ? What dread grasp ... feet were tied With a silken thread of my own hands ' weaving . Sweet little red feet ! why should you die- Why 82 ...
... feet ? What the hammer , what the chain , Knit thy strength and forged thy brain ? What the anvil ? What dread grasp ... feet were tied With a silken thread of my own hands ' weaving . Sweet little red feet ! why should you die- Why 82 ...
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Kenneth Grahame. Sweet little red feet ! why should you die- Why would you leave me , sweet bird ! why ? You lived alone in the forest tree , Why , pretty thing ! would you not live with me ? I kiss'd you oft and gave you white peas ...
Kenneth Grahame. Sweet little red feet ! why should you die- Why would you leave me , sweet bird ! why ? You lived alone in the forest tree , Why , pretty thing ! would you not live with me ? I kiss'd you oft and gave you white peas ...
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... and birth ? What beneath thy sky ? Thou whose face gives grace As the sun's doth heat , Let thy sunbright face Lighten time and space Here beneath thy feet . Bid our peace increase , Thou that madest morn ; 94 A. C. Swinburne.
... and birth ? What beneath thy sky ? Thou whose face gives grace As the sun's doth heat , Let thy sunbright face Lighten time and space Here beneath thy feet . Bid our peace increase , Thou that madest morn ; 94 A. C. Swinburne.
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Page 194 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 157 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!
Page 128 - Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith's height, The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge Of the dying year, to which this closing night Will be the dome of a vast sepulchre, Vaulted with all thy congregated might Of vapours, from whose solid atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail, will burst : Oh hear!
Page 161 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on.
Page 73 - I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild ; He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by his name. Little Lamb,- God bless thee...
Page 80 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : — ' Pipe a song about a lamb : ' So I piped with merry cheer. ' Piper, pipe that song again : ' So I piped ; he wept to hear.
Page 155 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 58 - Philomel with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby. Lulla, lulla, lullaby; lulla, lulla, lullaby. Never harm Nor spell nor charm Come our lovely lady nigh. So good night, with lullaby.
Page 135 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright! Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose: Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright!
Page 140 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave; For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow...