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COMMON THINGS. fITHE sunshine is a glorious thing; vD That conies alike to all, lighting the peasants lowly cot. The noble's painted hall. The moonlight is a gentle thing. It through the window gleam* Upon the snowy pillow where The happy infant dreams. It shines upon the fisher’s boat Out on the lovely sea; Or where the little lambkins lie. Beneath the old oak tree. The dew-drops on the summer mom. Sparkle upon the grass; The village children brush them off, That through the meadows pass. There are no gems in monarchs’ crown* More beautiful than they; And yet we scarcely notice them. But tread them off in play. Boor Robin on the pear-tree sings. Beside the cottage-door; The heath-flower fills the air with sweet*, Upon the pathless moor. There are as many lovely things, As many pleasant tones, Bor those who sit by cottage-hearth* As those who sit on thrones 1
Mrs HawksHAWß.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 8 February 1866, Page 1
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156Select Poetry. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 8 February 1866, Page 1
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