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"I 'd be a butterfly born in a bower, Where roses and lilies and violets meet."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / I 'd be a Butterfly.
I 'd be a Butterfly.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Oh no! we never mention her,-- Her name is never heard; My lips are now forbid to speak That once familiar word."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / Oh no! we never mention her.
Oh no! we never mention her.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"We met,--'t was in a crowd."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / We met.
We met.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Gayly the troubadour Touched his guitar."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / Welcome me Home.
Welcome me Home.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?"
Thomas Haynes Bayly / Why don't the Men propose?
Why don't the Men propose?
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"She wore a wreath of roses The night that first we met."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / She wore a Wreath.
She wore a Wreath.
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"Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / Teach me to forget.
Teach me to forget.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / Long, long ago.
Long, long ago.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / The Rose that all are praising.
The Rose that all are praising.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Oh pilot, 't is a fearful night! There 's danger on the deep."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / The Pilot.
The Pilot.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / The Pilot.
The Pilot.
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"Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!"
Thomas Haynes Bayly / Isle of Beauty.
Isle of Beauty.
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"The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly-branch shone on the old oak wall."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / The Mistletoe Bough.
The Mistletoe Bough.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands, And many friends I 've met; Not one fair scene or kindly smile Can this fond heart forget."
Thomas Haynes Bayly / Oh, steer my Bark to Erin's Isle.
Oh, steer my Bark to Erin's Isle.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain