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" Yet abandon'd to thy will, Yet imagining no ill, Yet too innocent to blush ; Like the linnet in the bush To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat ; Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the change of toys, Like the linnet green, in May... "
Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic - Page 461
by Beautiful poetry - 1854
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Pure Poetry: An Anthology

George Moore - 1924 - 152 pages
...too innocent to blush; Like the linnet in the bush To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat; Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee. oAmbrose Thilips 7° PIPING down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1924 - 774 pages
...spray ; Wearied then and glad of rest, Like the linnet in the nest : — This thy present happy lot, 25 This, in time will be forgot : Other pleasures, other cares, Ever-busy Time prepares ; And thou shall in thy daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee. 30 A. PHILIPS. 122 RULE, BRITANNIA When...
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An Anthology of Pure Poetry

George Moore - 1924 - 206 pages
...too innocent to blush; Like the linnet in the bush To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat; Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee. Ambrose Philips PIPING down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child,...
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The Dawn of Juvenile Literature in England ...

Gesiena Andreae - 1925 - 150 pages
...in the bush, To the mother — linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy pretty joys, Wanton in the change of toys, Like the linnet...then, and glad of rest, Like the linnet in the nest. In To Miss Georgiana, youngest daughter to Lord Carteret he compares the Child's cheeks to the lily...
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The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...too innocent to blush, Like the linlet in the bush, To the Mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...bloomy spray, Wearied then, and glad of rest, Like the linlet in the nest. This thy present happy lot, This, in time, will be forgot : Other pleasures, other...
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The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets

Sir John Collings Squire - 1927 - 496 pages
...linlet in the bush, To the mother-linnet's note Moduli ng her slender throat ; Chirping forth thy pretty joys, Wanton in the change of toys, Like the linnet...bloomy spray ; Wearied then, and glad of rest, Like the linlet in the nest: — This thy present happy lot, This, in time, will be forgot : Other pleasures,...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Charlotte Pulteney in Her Mother's Arms 1 Timely blossom. Infant fair. Fondling of a happy pair, 2 new! (1. 1—4) 53 For there I picked up on the heather An — 3 And thou shall in thy daughter see. This picture, once, resembled thee. ELP; GTBS; GTBS-P; NOEC...
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Mothersongs: Poems For By And About Mothers

Sandra M Gilbert, Susan Gubar, Diana Ohehir - 1995 - 386 pages
...too innocent to blush, Like the linlet in the bush, To the Mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...bloomy spray, Wearied then, and glad of rest, Like the linlet in the nest. This thy present happy lot, This, in time, will be forgot: Other pleasures, other...
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Les âges de la vie en Grande-Bretagne au XVIIIe siècle: actes de colloques ...

Serge Soupel - 1995 - 252 pages
...linet in the bush, To the Mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy pretty joys, Wanton in the change of toys, Like the linnet green, in May, Fliting to each bloomy spray, Wearied then, and glad of rest, Like the linnet in the nest. The last...
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Bartlett's Poems for Occasions

Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...too innocent to blush, Like the linlet in the bush, To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...bloomy spray, Wearied then, and glad of rest, Like the linlet in the nest. This thy present happy lot, This, in time, will be forgot: Other pleasures, other...
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