The Listening Child: A Selection from the Stores of English Verse Made for the Youngest Readers and HearersMacmillan, 1917 - 408 páginas |
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... gold coats spots you see ; These be rubies , fairy favours — In those freckles live their savours . I must go seek some dewdrops here , And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear . THE APPROACH OF THE FAIRIES From MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM ...
... gold coats spots you see ; These be rubies , fairy favours — In those freckles live their savours . I must go seek some dewdrops here , And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear . THE APPROACH OF THE FAIRIES From MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM ...
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... gold . Upon her leg a pair of buskins white Studded with orient pearl and chrysolite , And , like her mantle , stitch'd with gold and green , ( Fairer yet never wore the forest's queen ) . A silver quiver at her back she wore , With ...
... gold . Upon her leg a pair of buskins white Studded with orient pearl and chrysolite , And , like her mantle , stitch'd with gold and green , ( Fairer yet never wore the forest's queen ) . A silver quiver at her back she wore , With ...
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... gold . I have found out a gift for my fair , I have found where the wood - pigeons breed ; But let me such plunder forbear , She will say ' twas a barbarous deed ; For he ne'er could be true , she averred , Who would rob a poor bird of ...
... gold . I have found out a gift for my fair , I have found where the wood - pigeons breed ; But let me such plunder forbear , She will say ' twas a barbarous deed ; For he ne'er could be true , she averred , Who would rob a poor bird of ...
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... gold , All else of amethyst ! And thus he sang : " Adieu ! adieu ! Love's dreams prove seldom true . The blossoms they make no delay : The sparkling dew - drops will not stay . Sweet month of May . We must away ; Far , far away ! To ...
... gold , All else of amethyst ! And thus he sang : " Adieu ! adieu ! Love's dreams prove seldom true . The blossoms they make no delay : The sparkling dew - drops will not stay . Sweet month of May . We must away ; Far , far away ! To ...
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... ' For Jock of Hazeldean . " A chain of gold ye shall not lack , Nor braid to bind your hair ; Nor mettled hound , nor managed hawk , Nor palfrey fresh and fair ; And you , the foremost of them a ' , 136 Jock of Hazeldean •
... ' For Jock of Hazeldean . " A chain of gold ye shall not lack , Nor braid to bind your hair ; Nor mettled hound , nor managed hawk , Nor palfrey fresh and fair ; And you , the foremost of them a ' , 136 Jock of Hazeldean •
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Términos y frases comunes
Allen-a-Dale baby Bell beneath bird bloom blow blue Bob-o'-link bold bonnie bough brave bright Charlie charming Chloe chee child County Guy darling dear earth eyes fair flowers Glenara Glenlogie golden gray green hair hath hear heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Highlands hill Inchcape Inchcape Rock John JOHN KEATS kiss ladies gay Lamb laugh leaves light Lord Lovel LORD TENNYSON loud merry moon morning mother mountain Neckan nest never night Nokomis o'er Peggy pipe quoth ROBERT BURNS Robin rode Rory rose round SAMUEL LOVER SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Scottish cavalier shine sings SIR WALTER SCOTT sits sleep smile song sound Spink squirrel steed summer sweet tear thee thing THOMAS CAMPBELL thou tree twas voice waves weep wild WILLIAM WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings woods young
Pasajes populares
Página 60 - What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Página 177 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 265 - And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Página 75 - TOLL for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land-breeze shook the shrouds, And she was over-set ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.
Página 158 - Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion, This pilot is guiding me, Lured by the love of the genii that move In the depths of the purple sea Over the rills, and the crags, and the hills. Over the lakes and the plains, Wherever he dream, under mountain or stream, The Spirit he loves remains; And I all the while bask in Heaven's blue smile, Whilst he is dissolving in rains.
Página 279 - Forward, the Light Brigade ! Charge for the guns ! " he said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade...
Página 159 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores ; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when, with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air...
Página 5 - O ! then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 72 - There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Página 252 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.