John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Eugene Field. (1850–1895) (continued) |
| 8059 |
| Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe— Sailed on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew. |
| Wynken, Blynken and Nod. |
| 8060 |
| The fire upon the hearth is low, And there is stillness everywhere, And, like winged spirits, here and there The firelight shadows fluttering go. |
| In the Firelight. |
| 8061 |
| The little toy-dog is covered with dust But sturdy and stanch he stands; And the little toy-soldier is red with rust And his musket moulds in his hands; Time was when the little toy-dog was new, And the soldier was passing fair; And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue Kissed them and put them there. |
| Little Boy Blue. |
| Theophile Marzials. (1850– ?) |
| 8062 |
| And also there’s a little star So white a virgin’s it must be:— Perhaps the lamp my love in heaven Hangs out to light the way for me. |
| Song. |
| 8063 |
| “Ahoy! and Oho, and it’s who’s for the ferry?” (The brier’s in bud and the sun going down:) “And I’ll row ye so quick and I’ll row ye so steady, And ’t is but a penny to Twickenham Town. |
| Twickenham Ferry. |
| Rose Hartwick Thorpe. (1850– ?) |
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| England’s sun was slowly setting o’er the hill-tops far away, Filling all the land with beauty at the close of one sad day; |