Poems, moral & entertaining, by a ladyW. Sheardown, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... Twas vain to twitter thy unheeded call ; Or , half benumbed , explore the glittering snow , In hopes the crumb of charity might fall . For no such mite , was scattered to allure Thy shivering wing one social dwelling near : But chased ...
... Twas vain to twitter thy unheeded call ; Or , half benumbed , explore the glittering snow , In hopes the crumb of charity might fall . For no such mite , was scattered to allure Thy shivering wing one social dwelling near : But chased ...
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... Twas while drifted snows descending , O'er the withered landscape spread ; Lightly with the rude thatch blending , Tufted every peasant's shed . Industry from toil reposing , Now enjoyed the social chat ; Round their chearful fires ...
... Twas while drifted snows descending , O'er the withered landscape spread ; Lightly with the rude thatch blending , Tufted every peasant's shed . Industry from toil reposing , Now enjoyed the social chat ; Round their chearful fires ...
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Poems. ' Twas to seek a buried lover , At his grave to weep unseen ; Sigh , and wish one sod might cover , All that once had fairest been . She had wandered far and weary , Edwin's green grass turf to find ; Now , to meet a scene so ...
Poems. ' Twas to seek a buried lover , At his grave to weep unseen ; Sigh , and wish one sod might cover , All that once had fairest been . She had wandered far and weary , Edwin's green grass turf to find ; Now , to meet a scene so ...
Page 67
... and my latest prayer , For thee were breathed with ever watchful care ; ' Twas my delight to watch thy opening eyes , That love's caress might lull thy tender cries : And when severer duties ( not less kind ) Instilled 12 67.
... and my latest prayer , For thee were breathed with ever watchful care ; ' Twas my delight to watch thy opening eyes , That love's caress might lull thy tender cries : And when severer duties ( not less kind ) Instilled 12 67.
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... Twas thus , did sad Ellen lament , What absence condemned her to prove ; And chid the dull moments that went Without bringing news of her love : Unheeded , the flowers might blow , Round her garden so tended before ; In the wood the ...
... Twas thus , did sad Ellen lament , What absence condemned her to prove ; And chid the dull moments that went Without bringing news of her love : Unheeded , the flowers might blow , Round her garden so tended before ; In the wood the ...
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Page 109 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?