Poems for Young PeopleWilliam Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1851 - 173 páginas |
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... wing protects her care , And every fowl that flies at large , Instructs me in a parent's charge . From nature too I take my rule , To shun contempt and ridicule : I never with important air , In conversation overbear . Can grave and ...
... wing protects her care , And every fowl that flies at large , Instructs me in a parent's charge . From nature too I take my rule , To shun contempt and ridicule : I never with important air , In conversation overbear . Can grave and ...
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... wings of a dove , How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth , Might learn from the wisdom of age , And be cheered by the sallies of youth . Religion ! what treasure untold ...
... wings of a dove , How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth , Might learn from the wisdom of age , And be cheered by the sallies of youth . Religion ! what treasure untold ...
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... wing of singing bird , There thou go'st , untired and meek , Day by day , and week by week , Bearing freight of precious things , Silk for merchants , gold for kings ; Pearls of Ormuz , riches rare , Damascene and Indian ware ; Bale on ...
... wing of singing bird , There thou go'st , untired and meek , Day by day , and week by week , Bearing freight of precious things , Silk for merchants , gold for kings ; Pearls of Ormuz , riches rare , Damascene and Indian ware ; Bale on ...
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... wings over hedge and ditch , Till he came to a field of burning twitch ; The boy with a lighted lantern there , As he stood on the furrow brown and bare , He saw the old crow hop hither and thither , Then fly with a burning sod ...
... wings over hedge and ditch , Till he came to a field of burning twitch ; The boy with a lighted lantern there , As he stood on the furrow brown and bare , He saw the old crow hop hither and thither , Then fly with a burning sod ...
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... wings , and cried " Croak , croak ! ” Away to the wood again flew he , And soon he espied the slanting tree , And Jack , who stood laughing with all his might , His axe in his hand - he laughed for spite ; In triumph he laughed , and ...
... wings , and cried " Croak , croak ! ” Away to the wood again flew he , And soon he espied the slanting tree , And Jack , who stood laughing with all his might , His axe in his hand - he laughed for spite ; In triumph he laughed , and ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
babes beneath bird blast blasting wind bless bloom blossoms Bluebottle breast breath bright brow carrion crow cheerful child cried croak crow dark dead dear door doth earth Edmonton fair flew flower Gelert Gilpin gold green grief hand happy harebell hath hear heard heart Heaven horse hour ISAAC WATTS John Gilpin kind kiss Ladybird light little Alice live Llewellyn's look looked and smiled Lord MARY BENNETT MARY HOWITT meek mind morn mother ne'er Nettle never night o'er old crow poor praise pretty Redbreast rest rich rise ROBERT HERRICK round Schiraz shade shine Simon simoom sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound sweet tears thee thine thing thou dost thou hast thought Thwack Thy neighbour Tis green Twas unto vale voice wassail Web-Spinner wild wind wings wise wood young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 131 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Página 150 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Página 37 - How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 29 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend ; — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 151 - Her buskins gemmed with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known ! The oak-crowned Sisters and their chaste-eyed Queen Satyrs and Sylvan Boys were seen Peeping from forth their alleys green : Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear ; And Sport leaped up, and seized his beechen spear.
Página 40 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say : " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 47 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
Página 31 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford; But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd.
Página 38 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 33 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...