The Birthday Book of Flower and Song

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...lost in town: No man is he for concerts, balls, or routs! No game he knows at cards, save rare Pope Joan! He ne'er could master dance beyond a jig; And as for music, nothing to compare To the melodious yelping of a hound, Except the braying of his huntsman's horn! Sheridan Knmiir. BUT sudden at my feet looked up A little star-like thing, Pure odour in pure perfect cup, That made my bosom sing. 'Twas not for size, nor gorgeous dyes, But her own self I ween, Her own sweet self, that made me stoop And take her for my Queen of Love, And take her for my Queen. ralgrave. July 26th. July 29th. July 30th. July 31st. Cheek up, my noble friend; all will go well; For friendship is no plant of hasty growth. Though rooted in esteem's deep soil, the slow And gradual culture of kind intercourse Must bring it to perfection. Joanna Faillie. I hAVE loved with right good will, Mourned my hopes departed, Dreamed my golden dream, and still Am not broken-hearted. August 1st. OULD we forbear dispute and practise love, We should agree as angels do above, Where love presides: not vice alone does find No entrance there, but virtues stay behind: Both faith and hope, and all the meaner train Of moral virtues at the door remain. Love only enters, as a native there; For, born in heav'n, it does but sojourn here. Edmund Waller. Love lightens every doom, Love brightens every gloom, Love cheers us to the tomb-Death's self will spare it. J. F. Waller. August 2nd. I do abominate to dance! Could carve Fiddlers and company! A dancing man To me was ever like a dancing dog! Sheridan Knowles. Some clothe bare Truth in fine garments of words, Fetter her free limbs with cumbersome state: With me, let me sit at the lordliest boards, "I love" means "I...