Love Poems – Page 2543

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

Wynken, blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe,—
Sailed on a river of crystal light …

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Garden and Cradle

When our babe he goeth walking in his garden,
Around his tinkling feet the sunbeams play;
The posies they are good to him, …

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In the Firelight

The fire upon the hearth is low,
And there is stillness everywhere,
And, like winged spirits, here and there …

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Nightfall in Dordrecht

The mill goes toiling slowly around
With steady and solemn creak,
And my little one hears in the kindly sound …

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The Dinkey-Bird

In an ocean, ’way out yonder
(As all sapient people know,)
Is the land of Wonder-wander, …

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Little Boy Blue

The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust, …

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The Lyttel Boy

Some time there ben a lyttel boy
That wolde not renne and play,
And helpless like that little tyke …

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Our Two Opinions

Us two wuz boys when we fell out,—
Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;
Don’t rec’lect what ’t wuz about, …

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The Bibliomaniac's Prayer

Keep me, I pray, in wisdom’s way,
That I may truths eternal seek;
I need protecting care to-day,— …

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Dibdin's Ghost

Dear wife, last midnight, whilst I read
The tomes you so despise,
A spectre rose beside the bed, …

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