Poetry for School and Home, from the best authors. Edited by T. Shorter1861 |
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... knew Some one had blunder'd : Their's not to make reply , Their's not to reason why Their's but to do and die , Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred . Cannon to right of them , Cannon to left of them , Cannon in front of them ...
... knew Some one had blunder'd : Their's not to make reply , Their's not to reason why Their's but to do and die , Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred . Cannon to right of them , Cannon to left of them , Cannon in front of them ...
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Thomas SHORTER. 12 THE DYING BOY . 9. THE DYING BOY . I KNEW a boy whose infant feet had trod Upon the blossoms of some seven springs , And when the eighth came round , and call'd him out To gambol in the sun , he turn'd away , And ...
Thomas SHORTER. 12 THE DYING BOY . 9. THE DYING BOY . I KNEW a boy whose infant feet had trod Upon the blossoms of some seven springs , And when the eighth came round , and call'd him out To gambol in the sun , he turn'd away , And ...
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... knew no want , Scarce knew a wish denied ; His loss , and all our struggles on , And that worst dread to know , From home , too poor to shelter all , That one at last must go . 15 16 A VILLAGE TALE . How often do I blame.
... knew no want , Scarce knew a wish denied ; His loss , and all our struggles on , And that worst dread to know , From home , too poor to shelter all , That one at last must go . 15 16 A VILLAGE TALE . How often do I blame.
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... knew the perilous rock , And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok . The Sun in heaven was shining gay , All things were joyful on that day ; The sea - birds scream'd as they wheel'd round , And there was joyaunce in their sound . The buoy of ...
... knew the perilous rock , And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok . The Sun in heaven was shining gay , All things were joyful on that day ; The sea - birds scream'd as they wheel'd round , And there was joyaunce in their sound . The buoy of ...
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... knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor , -The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door ! You yet may spy the fawn at play , The hare upon the green ; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen . " To - night will be a ...
... knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor , -The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door ! You yet may spy the fawn at play , The hare upon the green ; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen . " To - night will be a ...
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