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Conversations introducing poetry

chiefly on subjects of natural history. For the use of children and young persons. By Charlotte Smith

Smith, Charlotte Turner (1749-1806)

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CONVERSATION THE FIRST.

TO A GREEN-CHAFER, ON A WHITE ROSE.

TO THE LADY-BIRD.

[Queen of fragrance, lovely Rose]

A WALK BY THE WATER.

INVITATION TO THE BEE.

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CONVERSATION THE SECOND.

THE HEDGE-HOG SEEN IN A FREQUENTED PATH.

THE EARLY BUTTERFLY.

THE DORMOUSE JUST TAKEN.

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CONVERSATION THE THIRD.

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TO THE SNOW-DROP.

THE HUMBLE BEE.

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THE GRASSHOPPER.

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CONVERSATION THE FOURTH.

TO A BUTTERFLY IN A WINDOW.

THE HOT-HOUSE ROSE.

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CONVERSATION THE FIFTH.

THE ROBIN'S PETITION.

THE CAPTIVE FLY.

THE CLOSE OF SUMMER.

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CONVERSATION THE SIXTH.

SONNET TO THE INSECT OF THE GOSSAMER.

AN EVENING WALK BY THE SEA SIDE.

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CONVERSATION THE SEVENTH.

THE HUMMING BIRD.

ODE TO THE MISSEL THRUSH

ODE TO THE OLIVE TREE.

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CONVERSATION THE EIGHTH.

ON SCARING SOME WATER-FOWL IN LOCH TURIT.

TO THE FIRE-FLY OF JAMAICA,

VERSES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.

LINES COMPOSED IN PASSING THRO' A FOREST IN GERMANY.

TO A GERANIUM WHICH FLOWERED DURING THE WINTER.

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CONVERSATION THE NINTH.

TO THE MULBERRY-TREE.

THE CANKERED ROSE.

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Oh! Time has Changed me since you saw me last,
And heavy Hours with Times deforming Hand,
Have written strange Defeatures in my Face.