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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... shore , dimly seen through the mist 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 ? Now it catches the ...
... shore , dimly seen through the mist 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 ? Now it catches the ...
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... shore , So they beat against the State House , So they surged against the door ; And the mingling of their voices Made a harmony profound , Till the quiet street of Chestnut Was all turbulent with sound . 3 " Will they do it ? " " Dare ...
... shore , So they beat against the State House , So they surged against the door ; And the mingling of their voices Made a harmony profound , Till the quiet street of Chestnut Was all turbulent with sound . 3 " Will they do it ? " " Dare ...
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... shore . 12 So thick a haze o'erspreads the sky , They can not see the sun on high : The wind hath blown a gale all day ; At evening it hath died away . 13 On the deck the Rover takes his stand ; So dark it is they see no land . Quoth ...
... shore . 12 So thick a haze o'erspreads the sky , They can not see the sun on high : The wind hath blown a gale all day ; At evening it hath died away . 13 On the deck the Rover takes his stand ; So dark it is they see no land . Quoth ...
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... shore and planned how we might 15 escape . When night came we made rafts , each large enough to carry three men and , as soon as it was light , we put to sea with all the speed we could . The giants saw us as we pushed out and , rushing ...
... shore and planned how we might 15 escape . When night came we made rafts , each large enough to carry three men and , as soon as it was light , we put to sea with all the speed we could . The giants saw us as we pushed out and , rushing ...
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... shore between the mountain and the sea . At last our provisions were exhausted and my companions died one after the other . I determined to try once more to find a way of escape . 10 Then A river of fresh water ran from the sea into a ...
... shore between the mountain and the sea . At last our provisions were exhausted and my companions died one after the other . I determined to try once more to find a way of escape . 10 Then A river of fresh water ran from the sea into a ...
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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!