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    Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys
    Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys
    Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys
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    Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys, by Unknown

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      Title: Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys

      Author: Unknown

      Release Date: February 10, 2004 [eBook #11023]

      Language: English

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GEMS OF POETRY, FOR GIRLS AND BOYS***

      E-text prepared by Internet Archive; University of Florida;

      and David Garcia and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

      GEMS OF POETRY,

      FOR GIRLS AND BOYS

      CONCORD, N.H.

      PUBLISHED BY RUFUS MERRILL.

      1850.

      GEMS OF POETRY.

      MAY-DAY SONG.

      "The flowers are blooming everywhere,

      On every hill and dell,

      And O, how beautiful they are!

      How sweetly, too, they smell!

      "The little brooks, they dance along,

      And look so glad and gay;

      I love to hear their pleasant song,

      I feel as glad as they.

      "The young lambs bleat and frisk about,

      The bees hum round their hive,

      The butterflies are coming out,—

      'Tis good to be alive.

      "The trees, that looked so stiff and gray,

      With green wreaths now are hung;

      O mother! let me laugh and play,

      I cannot hold my tongue.

      "See yonder bird spread out his wings,

      And mount the clear blue skies;

      And hark! how merrily

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