Elson Grammar School Readers, Book 1Scott, Foresman and Company, 1911 - Basal reading instruction Selections from American and English poets and authors. Includes brief biographical information and "helps to study." |
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... once in several hundred years . They thought this bird burned itself to death and from its ashes sprang a new Phoenix . THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET SAMUEL WOODWORTH Samuel Woodworth ( 1785-1842 ) , an American poet and editor , was born in ...
... once in several hundred years . They thought this bird burned itself to death and from its ashes sprang a new Phoenix . THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET SAMUEL WOODWORTH Samuel Woodworth ( 1785-1842 ) , an American poet and editor , was born in ...
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... a great blast , and the thread was gone ; In the air nowhere Was a moonbeam bare ; Far off and harmless the shy stars shone : Sure and certain the Moon was gone ! 7 The Wind he took to his revels once more The Wind and the Moon 37.
... a great blast , and the thread was gone ; In the air nowhere Was a moonbeam bare ; Far off and harmless the shy stars shone : Sure and certain the Moon was gone ! 7 The Wind he took to his revels once more The Wind and the Moon 37.
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... once more ; On down , in town , Like a merry - mad clown , He leaped and halloed with whistle and roar , " What's that ? " The glimmering thread once more . 8 He flew in a rage - he danced and blew ; But in vain was the pain Of his ...
... once more ; On down , in town , Like a merry - mad clown , He leaped and halloed with whistle and roar , " What's that ? " The glimmering thread once more . 8 He flew in a rage - he danced and blew ; But in vain was the pain Of his ...
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... once more , " said the lark's sweet voice " I see no cause to repent my choice ; You build your nest in the lofty pine , But is your slumber more sweet than mine ? You make more noise in the world than I , But whose is the sweeter ...
... once more , " said the lark's sweet voice " I see no cause to repent my choice ; You build your nest in the lofty pine , But is your slumber more sweet than mine ? You make more noise in the world than I , But whose is the sweeter ...
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... once set to work to nibble the knot in the cord that bound the lion , and in a short time set the noble beast at liberty ; thus convincing him that kindness is seldom thrown away , and that there is no creature so much below another but ...
... once set to work to nibble the knot in the cord that bound the lion , and in a short time set the noble beast at liberty ; thus convincing him that kindness is seldom thrown away , and that there is no creature so much below another but ...
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Aladdin Aladdin's mother Ali Baba answered arrows asked Baba Badroulbadour beautiful birds Blefuscu boat bright called Captain Cassim cave cried Dacotahs deer door Emperor Epimetheus eyes flowers forest gave give gold golden hand heard heart HELPS TO STUDY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Hiawatha horses hundred island isle King knew Kwasind lamp land Lilliput lines which tell Little John lived look magician Majesty meadow Midas Morgiana morning night Nokomis Notes and Questions o'er palace Pandora Phrases for Study poem poet Read lines Read the lines rich river Robin Hood round sail Sheriff Sheriff of Nottingham ship shore Sindbad SINDBAD THE SAILOR singing slave song Song of Hiawatha soon stanza stood story STUDY Notes Sultan things thou thought told took tree VOCABULARY voyage wigwam wild wind wood WORDS AND PHRASES
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Page 130 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Page 290 - I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong.
Page 89 - He was chubby and plump — a right jolly old elf; And I laughed, when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
Page 45 - Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read.
Page 17 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 290 - I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
Page 88 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there...
Page 89 - He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
Page 32 - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home...
Page 51 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form.