The Listening Child: A Selection from the Stories of English Verse, Made for the Youngest Readers and HearersMacmillan, 1924 - 405 páginas This is a "selection of poems made from among the greater English poets of the past six hundred years." |
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... wings of grasshoppers ; The traces , of the smallest spider's web ; The collars , of the moonshine's watery beams ; Her whip , of cricket's bone , the lash , of film ; Her wagoner , a small gray - coated gnat , Not half so big as a ...
... wings of grasshoppers ; The traces , of the smallest spider's web ; The collars , of the moonshine's watery beams ; Her whip , of cricket's bone , the lash , of film ; Her wagoner , a small gray - coated gnat , Not half so big as a ...
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... wing of a pied butterfly ; I trow ' twas simple trimming . The wheels composed of crickets ' bones , And daintily made for the nonce : For fear of rattling on the stones , With thistle - down they shod it ; For all her maidens much did ...
... wing of a pied butterfly ; I trow ' twas simple trimming . The wheels composed of crickets ' bones , And daintily made for the nonce : For fear of rattling on the stones , With thistle - down they shod it ; For all her maidens much did ...
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... Wings from the wind to please her mind , Notes from the lark I'll borrow . Bird , prune thy wing ; nightingale , sing , To give my love good - morrow . To give my love good - morrow , Notes from them all I'll borrow . Wake from thy nest ...
... Wings from the wind to please her mind , Notes from the lark I'll borrow . Bird , prune thy wing ; nightingale , sing , To give my love good - morrow . To give my love good - morrow , Notes from them all I'll borrow . Wake from thy nest ...
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... wings dost hop and fly , And , when thy poppy works , thou dost retire To thy carved acorn - bed to lie . Up with the day , the Sun thou welcomest then , Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams , And all these merry days mak'st merry ...
... wings dost hop and fly , And , when thy poppy works , thou dost retire To thy carved acorn - bed to lie . Up with the day , the Sun thou welcomest then , Sport'st in the gilt plaits of his beams , And all these merry days mak'st merry ...
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... like a bird , it sits and sings , Then whets and claps its silver wings , And , till prepared for longer flight , Waves in its plumes the various light . -Andrew Marvell . THE TRUMPET'S LOUD CLANGOR From A SONG FOR ST . 47.
... like a bird , it sits and sings , Then whets and claps its silver wings , And , till prepared for longer flight , Waves in its plumes the various light . -Andrew Marvell . THE TRUMPET'S LOUD CLANGOR From A SONG FOR ST . 47.
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