The Juvenile Wreath. By the Author of the Flowers of the Forest, Etc. [i.e. Margaret Graves Derenzy.] |
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... tell why this poor babe should be The hero of my tale . One night , ' twas in November last , - I think ' bout two o'clock , A murderer to Lord Stratford's came , And at the door did knock . The butler had not gone to bed , So to.
... tell why this poor babe should be The hero of my tale . One night , ' twas in November last , - I think ' bout two o'clock , A murderer to Lord Stratford's came , And at the door did knock . The butler had not gone to bed , So to.
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... tell you ; brown bread I'm not able To eat , ' tis so hard and so coarse and so mean : Well , yesterday , just by my side , on the table Was white bread laid there by my sweet sister Jane . The fact of it is - search the whole world all ...
... tell you ; brown bread I'm not able To eat , ' tis so hard and so coarse and so mean : Well , yesterday , just by my side , on the table Was white bread laid there by my sweet sister Jane . The fact of it is - search the whole world all ...
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... tell me , my sweet little pet . " O , I'll go to that woman ! I'll go ! O , I'll go ! " And he threw himself into her arms . " What ails you , a bourneen ? " the woman re- plies , And she wip'd the big tear from his pretty blue eyes ...
... tell me , my sweet little pet . " O , I'll go to that woman ! I'll go ! O , I'll go ! " And he threw himself into her arms . " What ails you , a bourneen ? " the woman re- plies , And she wip'd the big tear from his pretty blue eyes ...
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... tell me , my friend , do , O tell me he's dead , And then I will be reconcil'd ! " If my baby had died , " she would calmly ex- claim , " Could I see him but plac'd near his God , Had I sat by his bed , and receiv'd his last sighs , Or ...
... tell me , my friend , do , O tell me he's dead , And then I will be reconcil'd ! " If my baby had died , " she would calmly ex- claim , " Could I see him but plac'd near his God , Had I sat by his bed , and receiv'd his last sighs , Or ...
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... , she bore him to land , Preventing the child being drown'd ; And , leaving him up on the bank , she sail'd on , Quite pleas'd and delighted with what she had done , And looking so proudly around . " Believe me , dear Sir , I can't tell.
... , she bore him to land , Preventing the child being drown'd ; And , leaving him up on the bank , she sail'd on , Quite pleas'd and delighted with what she had done , And looking so proudly around . " Believe me , dear Sir , I can't tell.
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Page 83 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and much people of the city was with her. "And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, 'Weep not.