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... tears : Lo ! he who left her in that hour Came not in after years . Unto a hero's death he rode ' Mid shower of fire and shot ; But in the maiden's heart abode The flower , forget - me - not . And when he came not with the rest From out ...
... tears : Lo ! he who left her in that hour Came not in after years . Unto a hero's death he rode ' Mid shower of fire and shot ; But in the maiden's heart abode The flower , forget - me - not . And when he came not with the rest From out ...
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... tears , And the prayers that rise from your bonnie eyes Cometh a promise of oder yeres . I mind the time when we lost our bairn , - Do you ken that time ? A wambling tot , You wandered away ane simmer day , And we hunted and called ...
... tears , And the prayers that rise from your bonnie eyes Cometh a promise of oder yeres . I mind the time when we lost our bairn , - Do you ken that time ? A wambling tot , You wandered away ane simmer day , And we hunted and called ...
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... tears : " I loved her , I loved her these many long years ! " But the third cavalier kneeled him down in that place , And , as it were holy , he kissed that dead face : " I loved thee long years , and I love thee to - day , And I'll ...
... tears : " I loved her , I loved her these many long years ! " But the third cavalier kneeled him down in that place , And , as it were holy , he kissed that dead face : " I loved thee long years , and I love thee to - day , And I'll ...
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... tears ; An ' may I live a thousan ' , too , a thousan ' less a day , ― For I should n't like to be on earth to hear you'd passed away . And when it comes your time to go you'll need no Latin chaff Nor biographic data put in your epitaph ...
... tears ; An ' may I live a thousan ' , too , a thousan ' less a day , ― For I should n't like to be on earth to hear you'd passed away . And when it comes your time to go you'll need no Latin chaff Nor biographic data put in your epitaph ...
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... grieving ; She let no tear bedim her eye , For fear that might distress me , But , kissing me , she said good - by , And asked our God to bless me . HORACE TO PHYLlis . COME , Phyllis , I've a " GOOD - BY - GOD BLESS YOU ! " 117.
... grieving ; She let no tear bedim her eye , For fear that might distress me , But , kissing me , she said good - by , And asked our God to bless me . HORACE TO PHYLlis . COME , Phyllis , I've a " GOOD - BY - GOD BLESS YOU ! " 117.
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Ailsie angel song angels Annie Lisle apple-pie and cheese bairn Balow bein BÉRANGER'S Blynken bonnie boundin brast camp Cantell Casey cheer conversazzhyony cried Dana dearie Denver dream evereche eyes face fair fear fellers ffor Flanders folks gold greenwood tree hand harte hath hear heart heerd Heigho hippogriff HORACE Hushaby kind uv kiss knyght Krinken likker Little Boy Blue little child little Mack little toy lolly lollyby love thee LULLABY Madge maiden Nis moder mother never night long Noo York Sun opinyin uv opry Perfesser Vere Pettibone plaisaunt play Pyrrha Red Hoss Mountain Robin rockaby Rooze round saveth sech sing singin sleep smile soche song sweet swete thing thou Three-fingered Hoover toy dog TWENTY-THIRD PSALM unto Vere de Blaw voice ween Whenas Whoppers wich wine wuz n't Wynken ye hoyden ye straunger yonder Yvytot
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Page 130 - WYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe — Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. "Where are you going, and what do you wish?" The old moon asked the three. "We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we!
Page 130 - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little stars were the herring fish That lived in that beautiful sea, "Now cast your nets wherever you wish Never afeard are we!
Page 8 - The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket molds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. "Now, don't you go till I come," he said, "And don't you make any noise!
Page 9 - And don't you make any noise ! " So toddling off to his trundle-bed He dreamt of the pretty toys. And as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue, — Oh, the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true. Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place, Awaiting the touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face. And they wonder, as waiting these long years through, In the dust of that little chair, What has become of our Little...
Page 132 - twas a dream they'd dreamed Of sailing that beautiful sea But I shall name you the fishermen three : Wynken, Blynken, And Nod. Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head, And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies Is a wee one's trundle-bed. So shut your eyes while mother sings Of wonderful sights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things As you rock in the misty sea, Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three: Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.
Page 92 - THE sky is dark and the hills are white As the storm-king speeds from the north to-night, And this is the song the storm-king sings, As over the world his cloak he flings : "Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep;" He rustles his wings and gruffly sings : "Sleep, little one, sleep.
Page 9 - And don't you make any noise!" So, toddling off to his trundle-bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys; And, as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue — Oh! the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true! Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place, Awaiting the touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face; And they wonder, as waiting the long years through) In the dust of that little chair, '^ What has become of our Little...
Page 75 - And to my listening ear this lonely thing Ever a song of ocean seemed to sing — Ever a tale of ocean seemed to tell.
Page 22 - So they'd squelch the muse caloric, And to students sophomoric They'd present as metaphoric What old Horace meant for facts. We have always thought 'em lazy; Now we adjudge 'em crazy! Why, Horace was a daisy That was very much alive ! And the wisest of us know him As his Lydia verses show him, — Go, read that virile poem, — It is No. 25. He was a very owl, sir, And starting out to prowl, sir, 1 From " A Little Book of Western Verss.
Page 192 - LONG AGO I ONCE knew all the birds that came And nested in our orchard trees, For every flower I had a name — My friends were woodchucks, toads, and bees...