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... Gentle , patient , meek , and mild ; Must be honest , simple , true , In my words and actions toc . I must cheerfully obey , Giving up my will and way . 14 HEAVEN , OR THE BETTER LAND . Must not 13 The Child in the Morning.
... Gentle , patient , meek , and mild ; Must be honest , simple , true , In my words and actions toc . I must cheerfully obey , Giving up my will and way . 14 HEAVEN , OR THE BETTER LAND . Must not 13 The Child in the Morning.
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... it soon to butter turns . And when she's dead , her flesh is good , For beef is our true English food ; But though in health it makes us strong , To eat too much is very wrong . 333 GOING TO BED . Then lime and bark the The.
... it soon to butter turns . And when she's dead , her flesh is good , For beef is our true English food ; But though in health it makes us strong , To eat too much is very wrong . 333 GOING TO BED . Then lime and bark the The.
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... true ? Ask Widow Payne , and she will tell thee , love , How God , " our Father , " always sends their bread ; That she and Lucy daily look above , Nor doubt that , day by day , they shall be fed . She plies her needles , and she plies ...
... true ? Ask Widow Payne , and she will tell thee , love , How God , " our Father , " always sends their bread ; That she and Lucy daily look above , Nor doubt that , day by day , they shall be fed . She plies her needles , and she plies ...
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... true , and good , Make me love Thee as I should ; Make me feel by day and night I am ever in Thy sight ; - Jesus was a little child , Make me , like Him , meek and mild . Heavenly Father , hear my prayer , Take Thy child into Thy care ...
... true , and good , Make me love Thee as I should ; Make me feel by day and night I am ever in Thy sight ; - Jesus was a little child , Make me , like Him , meek and mild . Heavenly Father , hear my prayer , Take Thy child into Thy care ...
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... . You cannot impede the celestial ray That gilds the dawn of eternal day , But you may so trouble the bosom it cheers , ' Twill cease to be true to the image it bears . C. FRY . LIGHT AND LOVE . MOTHER , What are angels made.
... . You cannot impede the celestial ray That gilds the dawn of eternal day , But you may so trouble the bosom it cheers , ' Twill cease to be true to the image it bears . C. FRY . LIGHT AND LOVE . MOTHER , What are angels made.
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66 FROM COTTAGE angels BATTLE OF BLENHEIM beautiful beneath bless blest bower breast breeze bright cheer chosen tree clouds COTTAGE BREAD cowslip cried dear doth dove dwell e'en earth English boy eyes fair Father William fear flower forget to pray Forget-me-not gentle God's GOLDEN RULE gone grace green grief happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly HEMANS holy hour Jesus kind lesson LET ME RING light little birds little child little children little lamb look Lord lowly mild mother neath never night NIGHT SONG o'er OLD STONE WALL pass'd play poor porringer praise prayer pretty river ROBERT K round Saviour shining sing sleep smiled snowdrops soft song Songs of praise sorrow Speak gently sunny sweet tears tender thee thine things thou thought Thy little to-day Twas violets voice watchful WILLIAM TELL wing words young youth
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Page 17 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 65 - I wish that his hands had been placed on my head, That his arm had been thrown around me, And that I might have seen his kind look, when he said, " Let the little ones come unto me.
Page 66 - The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them high and lowly, And ordered their estate.
Page 19 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Page 66 - ALL things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.
Page 38 - LITTLE drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land.
Page 9 - You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone, Now tell me the reason, I pray.
Page 56 - And often after sunset, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there.
Page 20 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win.' 'But what good came of it at last?' Quoth little Peterkin: — 'Why, that I cannot tell,' said he, 'But 'twas a famous victory.
Page 74 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...