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... Springtail and Fluttergills . They both entirely agreed together on one point , that there was nothing like a good frolic . They were , besides , thè most ambitious little fishes that ever lived under a fountain . They were always ...
... Springtail and Fluttergills . They both entirely agreed together on one point , that there was nothing like a good frolic . They were , besides , thè most ambitious little fishes that ever lived under a fountain . They were always ...
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... Springtail and Fluttergills , both in a breath , while they awkwardly as ever . see , here we go ! fish ? " went on vaulting as " Just look at us ; Are we not like flying B " Really this is ridiculous , " said the warbler OR , THE ...
... Springtail and Fluttergills , both in a breath , while they awkwardly as ever . see , here we go ! fish ? " went on vaulting as " Just look at us ; Are we not like flying B " Really this is ridiculous , " said the warbler OR , THE ...
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... Springtail and Flutter- gills bounced about more violently than ever . But they were rebuked by Goldfin . 66 Softly - softly , ye foolish little ones ! " said the old fish , " I only said that it was laudable to endeavour to become what ...
... Springtail and Flutter- gills bounced about more violently than ever . But they were rebuked by Goldfin . 66 Softly - softly , ye foolish little ones ! " said the old fish , " I only said that it was laudable to endeavour to become what ...
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Page 34 - Ye blessed Creatures, I have heard the call Ye to each other make; I see The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee; My heart is at your festival, My head hath its coronal, The fulness of your bliss, I feel— I feel it all.
Page 5 - Twill murmur on a thousand years, And flow as now it flows. "And here, on this delightful day, I cannot choose but think How oft, a vigorous man, I lay Beside this fountain's brink. "My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard.
Page 39 - I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
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Page 39 - The waves beside them danced, but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company!