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babe beaming beauteous beautiful to watch blest bliss blooming Brampton breast breath Bridport bright brow calm cease cheer Cheshire child Colchester crystal waters dead dear delight Dorsetshire drooping dwell e'en e'er earthly ELIJAH fair faith fancy Farewell Father Father's old oak fearful feel flower fond gentle glorious Godmanchester grief hail hand Happy bird hath heart Heaven hope Huntingdon Huntingdonshire infant Isle of Wight joyous land Lark ascending Leodine lowly Lucy LUCY BELL Macclesfield mind Miss mother mournful native Isle ne'er neath night Northamptonshire nought o'er OAKLEY HALL old oak chair perchance Pharaoh's daughter pleasure pourtray prophet rest scene Seaford seemed sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit sweet Sweetly tears temperance band thee There's a charm There's a look-a thou thought Tis beautiful treasure truth Twas Ventnor voice Welford Westwood Whilst words youthful
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Page 10 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 30 - No," he cried, and shook his head, " Now is the time for play ; I cannot, will not, yet," he said, And bounded on his way. I asked him when a YOUTH, but then He stopped me with alarm — " Nay, leave the pledge for grave old men ; A drop can do no harm ; Youth is the time for mirth and joy, I'll live thus while I can : Your sober scheme perchance I'll try When I am quite a...
Page 31 - MIDDLE AGE : How gleamed his fiery eye ! Such fearful signs his frame betrayed, They gave a full reply : For many years had firmly fixed The tyrant's iron chain ; His ALL for drink he'd madly risk'd ; To ask him NOW was vain. I questioned next AN AGED MAN — A miserable form : His course of life had nearly run, Each short-lived pleasure gone :
Page 31 - They gave a full reply: For many years had firmly fixed The Tyrant's iron chain, His all for drink he'd madly risk'd; To ask him now was vain. I questioned next an Aged Man— A miserable form: His course of life had nearly ran, Each short-lived pleasure gone.