Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... beneath the tree , For weary , faint , and sad was he ; And , ah ! no wife , or mother's care , For him the milk or corn prepare . CHORUS . The white man shall our pity share ; Alas ! no wife , or mother's care , For him the milk or ...
... beneath the tree , For weary , faint , and sad was he ; And , ah ! no wife , or mother's care , For him the milk or corn prepare . CHORUS . The white man shall our pity share ; Alas ! no wife , or mother's care , For him the milk or ...
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... Beneath the trees they lie . " Away went kind , good Mabel , Into the fir - wood near , Where all the ground was dry and brown , And the grass grew thin and sere . She did not wander up and down , Nor yet MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY . 23.
... Beneath the trees they lie . " Away went kind , good Mabel , Into the fir - wood near , Where all the ground was dry and brown , And the grass grew thin and sere . She did not wander up and down , Nor yet MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY . 23.
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... beneath the shade , And instanced it in this : " Behold , " quoth he , " that mighty thing , A pumpkin large and round , Is held but by a little string , Which upward cannot make it spring , Nor bear it from the ground , " While on this ...
... beneath the shade , And instanced it in this : " Behold , " quoth he , " that mighty thing , A pumpkin large and round , Is held but by a little string , Which upward cannot make it spring , Nor bear it from the ground , " While on this ...
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... Beneath the churchyard tree . " " You run about , my little maid , Your limbs they are alive ; If two are in the churchyard laid , Then ye are only five . " " Their graves are green , they may be seen , " The little maid replied ...
... Beneath the churchyard tree . " " You run about , my little maid , Your limbs they are alive ; If two are in the churchyard laid , Then ye are only five . " " Their graves are green , they may be seen , " The little maid replied ...
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... beneath thy roof ; Oft I've in the lists of glory Seen thee win the prize of proof . " Well I know thy aged parents , Well thy blooming bride I know ; Seven years I was thy captive , Seven years of pain and woe . " May our prophet grant ...
... beneath thy roof ; Oft I've in the lists of glory Seen thee win the prize of proof . " Well I know thy aged parents , Well thy blooming bride I know ; Seven years I was thy captive , Seven years of pain and woe . " May our prophet grant ...
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