The Children's Garland from the Best PoetsThis collection of poems for children, edited by Coventry Patmore, will delight many parents with young children. There are literally dozens of poems in this book, indexed by first line and also by title. They are mostly rhyming and cover a huge variety of subjects. They are the sort of poems that older generations often knew by heart forming the fabric of our children's literature. |
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... anon, anon. There's joy in the mountains; There's life in the fountains; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing; The rain is over and gone! W. Wordsworth XIX Table of Contents LORD RANDAL Table of Contents 'O,
... anon, anon. There's joy in the mountains; There's life in the fountains; Small clouds are sailing, Blue sky prevailing; The rain is over and gone! W. Wordsworth XIX Table of Contents LORD RANDAL Table of Contents 'O,
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... gone—a ruthless spoiler's prey, Who heeds not beauty, love, or song, 'Tis gone! (so seemed it) and we grieved, Indignant at.
... gone—a ruthless spoiler's prey, Who heeds not beauty, love, or song, 'Tis gone! (so seemed it) and we grieved, Indignant at.
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Various Coventry Patmore. 'Tis gone! (so seemed it) and we grieved, Indignant at the wrong. Just three days after, passing by In clearer light, the moss-built cell I saw, espied its shaded mouth; And felt that all was well. The primrose ...
Various Coventry Patmore. 'Tis gone! (so seemed it) and we grieved, Indignant at the wrong. Just three days after, passing by In clearer light, the moss-built cell I saw, espied its shaded mouth; And felt that all was well. The primrose ...
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... gone!' And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death In still, yet brave despair; And shouted but once more aloud ...
... gone!' And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames roll'd on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And look'd from that lone post of death In still, yet brave despair; And shouted but once more aloud ...
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