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... wing : Little maiden , now is Spring ! See , the yellow catkins cover All the slender willows over ; And on mossy banks so green Star - like primroses are seen ; Every little stream is bright ; All the orchard trees are white . Hark ...
... wing : Little maiden , now is Spring ! See , the yellow catkins cover All the slender willows over ; And on mossy banks so green Star - like primroses are seen ; Every little stream is bright ; All the orchard trees are white . Hark ...
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... wings , how brilliant are your eyes ! I have a little looking - glass upon my parlour shelf , If you'll step in one ... wing ; Your robes are green and purple - there's a crest 10 THE SPIDER AND THE FLY .
... wings , how brilliant are your eyes ! I have a little looking - glass upon my parlour shelf , If you'll step in one ... wing ; Your robes are green and purple - there's a crest 10 THE SPIDER AND THE FLY .
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... wings she hung aloft , then near and nearer drew , Thinking only of her brilliant eyes , and her green and purple hue- Thinking only of her crested head - poor foolish thing ! At last , Up jumped the cunning spider , and fiercely held ...
... wings she hung aloft , then near and nearer drew , Thinking only of her brilliant eyes , and her green and purple hue- Thinking only of her crested head - poor foolish thing ! At last , Up jumped the cunning spider , and fiercely held ...
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... spread , Hung suspended in air at the end of a thread . Then the grasshopper came with a jerk and a spring , Very long was his leg , though but short was his wing ; He took but three leaps , and was soon out THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL . 15.
... spread , Hung suspended in air at the end of a thread . Then the grasshopper came with a jerk and a spring , Very long was his leg , though but short was his wing ; He took but three leaps , and was soon out THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL . 15.
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... wings , which were much stronger than before , and carried him far away to a lake in a large garden , where the apple trees were in full bloom . And now there came , from out of the thicket , three noble white swans , who began to swim ...
... wings , which were much stronger than before , and carried him far away to a lake in a large garden , where the apple trees were in full bloom . And now there came , from out of the thicket , three noble white swans , who began to swim ...
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Page 214 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling,— rejoicing,— sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 189 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 206 - For saddletree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin. When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came : for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more. 'Twas long before the customers Were suited to their mind ; When Betty, screaming, came down stairs — " The wine is left behind !" " Good lack ! " quoth he — " yet bring it me, My leathern belt likewise, In which I wear my trusty sword When I...
Page 135 - Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him : and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Page 209 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. ' Stop, stop, John Gilpin ! — Here's the house I ' They all at once did cry; ' The dinner waits, and we are tired ; ' — Said Gilpin—' So am I ! ' But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ! For why?
Page 50 - Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray: And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day . The solitary child. No mate, no comrade Lucy knew; She dwelt on a wide moor, — The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door!
Page 207 - His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed ! But, finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, Fair and softly...
Page 205 - On horseback after we." He soon replied, " I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. " I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the Calender Will lend his horse to go.
Page 51 - That, father, will I gladly do ; Tis scarcely afternoon — • The Minster clock has just struck two, And yonder is the moon.
Page 189 - Upon this, rising cheerfully out of my bed, my heart was not only comforted, but I was guided and encouraged to pray earnestly to God for deliverance. When I had done praying, I took up my Bible, and opening it to read, the first words that presented to me were, " Wait on the Lord, and be of good cheer, and He shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.