Conversations introducing poetry chiefly on subjects of natural history. For the use of children and young persons. By Charlotte Smith |
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THE CRICKET.
Little inmate full of mirth,
Chirping on my humble hearth,
Wheresoe'er be thine abode,
Always harbinger of good,
Pay me for thy warm retreat
With a song most soft and sweet,
In return thou shalt receive
Such a song as I can give.
Chirping on my humble hearth,
Wheresoe'er be thine abode,
Always harbinger of good,
Pay me for thy warm retreat
With a song most soft and sweet,
In return thou shalt receive
Such a song as I can give.
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Though in voice and shape they be
Form'd as if akin to thee,
Thou surpassest, happier far,
Happiest Grasshoppers that are;
Theirs is but a Summer song,
Thine endures the Winter long,
Unimpair'd, and shrill and clear,
Melody throughout the year.
Form'd as if akin to thee,
Thou surpassest, happier far,
Happiest Grasshoppers that are;
Theirs is but a Summer song,
Thine endures the Winter long,
Unimpair'd, and shrill and clear,
Melody throughout the year.
Neither night nor dawn of day
Puts a period to thy lay.
Then Insect! let thy simple song
Chear the Winter evening long,
While seeure from every storm,
In my cottage snug and warm,
Thou shalt my merry minstrel be,
And I delight to shelter thee.
Puts a period to thy lay.
Then Insect! let thy simple song
Chear the Winter evening long,
While seeure from every storm,
In my cottage snug and warm,
Thou shalt my merry minstrel be,
And I delight to shelter thee.
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