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Page 2008
Charles Fenno Hoffman ( 1806-1884 ) THE MAHOGANY TREE 1 CHRISTMAS is here : Winds whistle shrill , Icy and chill , Little care we : Little we fear Weather without , Sheltered about The Mahogany Tree . Once on the boughs Birds of rare ...
Charles Fenno Hoffman ( 1806-1884 ) THE MAHOGANY TREE 1 CHRISTMAS is here : Winds whistle shrill , Icy and chill , Little care we : Little we fear Weather without , Sheltered about The Mahogany Tree . Once on the boughs Birds of rare ...
Page 2009
We sing round the tree . Care , like a dun , Lurks at the gate : Let the dog wait ; Happy we'll be ! Drink , every one ; Pile up the coals , Fill the red bowls Round the old tree ! Drain we the cup.Friend , art afraid ?
We sing round the tree . Care , like a dun , Lurks at the gate : Let the dog wait ; Happy we'll be ! Drink , every one ; Pile up the coals , Fill the red bowls Round the old tree ! Drain we the cup.Friend , art afraid ?
Page 2015
The sparrow when he spieth his Dear upon the tree , He beateth - to his little wing ; he chirketh lustily ; But when I see sweet Alison , the words begin to fail ; I wot that I shall die of Love -an I die not of Ale .
The sparrow when he spieth his Dear upon the tree , He beateth - to his little wing ; he chirketh lustily ; But when I see sweet Alison , the words begin to fail ; I wot that I shall die of Love -an I die not of Ale .
Page 2019
... And cuckoo - buds of yellow hue , Do paint the meadows with delight , The cuckoo then , on every tree , Mocks married men ; for thus sings he , Cuckoo ; Cuckoo , cuckoo , - ( ) word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear !
... And cuckoo - buds of yellow hue , Do paint the meadows with delight , The cuckoo then , on every tree , Mocks married men ; for thus sings he , Cuckoo ; Cuckoo , cuckoo , - ( ) word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear !
Page 2052
... we have tarried : But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away , for a year and a day , To the land where the bong - tree grows ; And there in a wood a Piggy - wig stood , With a ring at the end of his nose , 2052 Just Nonsense.
... we have tarried : But what shall we do for a ring ? " They sailed away , for a year and a day , To the land where the bong - tree grows ; And there in a wood a Piggy - wig stood , With a ring at the end of his nose , 2052 Just Nonsense.
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| Title | The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Author | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Compiled by | Burton Egbert Stevenson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4009 pages |
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