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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... cried like children . Notes and Questions What words in the first stanza are repeated in the refrain or chorus ? What is it that the poet says " hal- lows " or blesses us when we are in our homes ? With what word in the same stanza is ...
... cried like children . Notes and Questions What words in the first stanza are repeated in the refrain or chorus ? What is it that the poet says " hal- lows " or blesses us when we are in our homes ? With what word in the same stanza is ...
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... cries ; " my darling " " And the startled father hears , And comes and looks the way she looks , And fears the thing she fears ; Till a glad shout from the bearers Thrills the stricken man and wife- " Give thanks , for your son has ...
... cries ; " my darling " " And the startled father hears , And comes and looks the way she looks , And fears the thing she fears ; Till a glad shout from the bearers Thrills the stricken man and wife- " Give thanks , for your son has ...
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... cried , " If I may yet be gone ! " And but the booming shots replied , And fast the flames rolled on . 6 Upon his brow he felt their breath , And in his waving hair , And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair ...
... cried , " If I may yet be gone ! " And but the booming shots replied , And fast the flames rolled on . 6 Upon his brow he felt their breath , And in his waving hair , And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair ...
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... cried Midas . " Pray what is the matter with you , this bright morning ? " Marygold , without taking the apron from her eyes , held out her hand , in which was one of the roses which Midas had 25 so recently changed . " Beautiful ...
... cried Midas . " Pray what is the matter with you , this bright morning ? " Marygold , without taking the apron from her eyes , held out her hand , in which was one of the roses which Midas had 25 so recently changed . " Beautiful ...
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... cried Marygold . " It 10 has no smell , and the hard petals prick my nose ! " III THE KING'S BREAKFAST OF GOLD The child now sat down to table , but was so occupied with her grief for the blighted roses that she did not even notice the ...
... cried Marygold . " It 10 has no smell , and the hard petals prick my nose ! " III THE KING'S BREAKFAST OF GOLD The child now sat down to table , but was so occupied with her grief for the blighted roses that she did not even notice the ...
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Page 41 - 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 15 - 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 127 - 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 84 - 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 25 - The old oaken bucket, the ironbound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the...
Page 286 - 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, 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 85 - 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 265 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Page 286 - I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 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, birth, SONNETS.
Page 92 - the Elephant Is very like a rope!" And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!