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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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!