A Thousand and One Gems of PoetryCharles Mackay |
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Page 260
... Young Peterkin he cries , And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder - waiting eyes ; Now tell us all about the war , And what they kill'd each other for . VI . It was the English , Kaspar cried , That put the French to rout ; But what ...
... Young Peterkin he cries , And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder - waiting eyes ; Now tell us all about the war , And what they kill'd each other for . VI . It was the English , Kaspar cried , That put the French to rout ; But what ...
Page 308
... YOUNG DAYS SHADED . HAS Sorrow thy young days shaded , As clouds o'er the morning fleet ? Too fast have those young days faded , That , even in sorrow , were sweet ? Does Time with his cold wing wither Each feeling that once was dear ...
... YOUNG DAYS SHADED . HAS Sorrow thy young days shaded , As clouds o'er the morning fleet ? Too fast have those young days faded , That , even in sorrow , were sweet ? Does Time with his cold wing wither Each feeling that once was dear ...
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... young heads against their mothers , - And that cannot stop their tears . The young lambs are bleating in the meadows , The young birds are chirping in the nest , The young fawns are playing with the shadows , The young flowers are ...
... young heads against their mothers , - And that cannot stop their tears . The young lambs are bleating in the meadows , The young birds are chirping in the nest , The young fawns are playing with the shadows , The young flowers are ...
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