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Title: Harrison's Amusing Picture and Poetry Book

Author: Unknown

Release Date: September 12, 2007 [EBook #22582]

Language: English

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HARRISON'S
AMUSING
PICTURE AND POETRY
_BOOK_,
CONTAINING SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS.

[Illustration]

DEVIZES:
_Printed and published by J. Harrison_,
AND SOLD BY
THE LONDON BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.

_Price Sixpence._

HARRISON'S
AMUSING
_PICTURE AND POETRY_
BOOK,
CONTAINING SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS.

[Illustration]

PRINTED BY J. HARRISON, DEVIZES,
AND SOLD BY THE
London Booksellers and Stationers.

PRICE SIXPENCE.

[Illustration]

Oh! on this green and mossy seat,
In my hours of sweet retreat;
Thus I would my soul employ,
With sense of gratitude and joy.

[Illustration]

Farewell! farewell! the trumpet calls,
The banner waves in view;
And I must bid these friendly halls,
One long! one last adieu!

[Illustration]

The dappled herd of grazing deer,
That seek the shades by day;
Now started from their path with fear,
To give the stranger way.

[Illustration]

This is the valiant Cornish man,
Who slew the giant Cormoran;
A horrid savage monster, who,
Before he kill'd, would torture you.

[Illustration]

Why should we say 'tis yet too soon,
To seek for Heaven or think of death;
A flower may fade before 'tis noon,
And we this day may lose our breath.

[Illustration]

Ah! who is this totters along,
And leans on the top of his stick;
His wrinkles are many and