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... side by side . " My stockings there I often knit , My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit , And sing a song to them . " And often , after sunset , Sir , When it is light and fair , I take my little porringer , And eat ...
... side by side . " My stockings there I often knit , My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit , And sing a song to them . " And often , after sunset , Sir , When it is light and fair , I take my little porringer , And eat ...
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... side . " " How many are you , then ? " said I , " If they two are in heaven ? " Quick was the little Maid's reply , " O Master ! we are seven . ' " " " But they are dead ; those two are dead ! Their spirits are in heaven ! " ' Twas ...
... side . " " How many are you , then ? " said I , " If they two are in heaven ? " Quick was the little Maid's reply , " O Master ! we are seven . ' " " " But they are dead ; those two are dead ! Their spirits are in heaven ! " ' Twas ...
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... side ' ill come from far away , And I'm to be Queen o ' the May , mother , I'm to be Queeu o ' the May . The honeysuckle round the porch has wov'n its wavy bowers , And by the meadow - trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo- flowers , And ...
... side ' ill come from far away , And I'm to be Queen o ' the May , mother , I'm to be Queeu o ' the May . The honeysuckle round the porch has wov'n its wavy bowers , And by the meadow - trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo- flowers , And ...
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... side , And the ship sinks down beneath the tide . SOUTHEY . 27. THE THREE FISHERS . THREE fishers went sailing away to the West , Away to the West as the sun went down ; Each thought on the woman who loved him the best , And the ...
... side , And the ship sinks down beneath the tide . SOUTHEY . 27. THE THREE FISHERS . THREE fishers went sailing away to the West , Away to the West as the sun went down ; Each thought on the woman who loved him the best , And the ...
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... side - long looks of love , The matron's glance that would those looks reprove , These were thy charms , sweet village ! sports like these , With sweet succession , taught e'en toil to please ; These round thy bowers their cheerful ...
... side - long looks of love , The matron's glance that would those looks reprove , These were thy charms , sweet village ! sports like these , With sweet succession , taught e'en toil to please ; These round thy bowers their cheerful ...
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angel BATTLE OF BLENHEIM beauty beneath bird blessed bloom blossoms blow blue bowers breast breath breeze bright buds CASABIANCA child CINQUE PORTS cloud cottage cowslips cried CUCKOO dance dead dear death delight DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB doth dream earth ECHOING GREEN ELIZA COOK eyes fair Father flowers gentle glad green guilders happy hath head hear heard heart heaven hill Inchcape Rock JOHN GILPIN lamb land laugh light look Lucy MARY HOWITT merry moon morning mother nest never night NIGHT SONG o'er PIED PIPER pipe PIPER OF HAMELIN pity pleasant poor pray prayer Queen round sail shining sing SIR JOHN MOORE sister sleep smile snow song sorrow Speak gently spring stars stept sweet tears thee There's thine thou tree trysting-tree Twas unto village waves wild wind wing young