The Children's First [-third] Book of Poetry, Book 3Emilie Kip Baker American Book Company, 1915 |
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... Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford Old Ballad 3° Robin Hood rescues Three Squires Old Ballad 179 '38 126 93 192 The Arrow and the Song Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 21 The Bells 114 The Chambered Nautilus Oliver Wendell Holmes 168 194 ...
... Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford Old Ballad 3° Robin Hood rescues Three Squires Old Ballad 179 '38 126 93 192 The Arrow and the Song Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 21 The Bells 114 The Chambered Nautilus Oliver Wendell Holmes 168 194 ...
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... Robin Hood and Allen - a - Dale Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford Robin Hood rescues Three Squires Romance Ruth Scythe Song Sir Marmaduke The Arrow and the Song The Bells The Chambered Nautilus The Corn Song The Courtin ' The ...
... Robin Hood and Allen - a - Dale Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford Robin Hood rescues Three Squires Romance Ruth Scythe Song Sir Marmaduke The Arrow and the Song The Bells The Chambered Nautilus The Corn Song The Courtin ' The ...
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... And my neck from the gallows tree . " " Some of my gold now you shall have , And likewise of my fee ; For I am come to see you saved , And saved you shall be . " OLD BALLAD . ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD SOME will talk 29.
... And my neck from the gallows tree . " " Some of my gold now you shall have , And likewise of my fee ; For I am come to see you saved , And saved you shall be . " OLD BALLAD . ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP OF HEREFORD SOME will talk 29.
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... Robin Hood , " Come kill me a good fat deer ; The bishop of Hereford is to dine with me to - day , And he shall pay well for his cheer . " We'll kill a fat ven'son , " said bold Robin Hood , " And dress it by the highway side ; And we ...
... Robin Hood , " Come kill me a good fat deer ; The bishop of Hereford is to dine with me to - day , And he shall pay well for his cheer . " We'll kill a fat ven'son , " said bold Robin Hood , " And dress it by the highway side ; And we ...
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... Robin Hood , ' And keep sheep all the year , ( 6 And we are disposed to be merry this day , And to kill of the king's fat deer . " " You are brave fellows , " said the bishop , " And the king your doings shall know : Therefore make ...
... Robin Hood , ' And keep sheep all the year , ( 6 And we are disposed to be merry this day , And to kill of the king's fat deer . " " You are brave fellows , " said the bishop , " And the king your doings shall know : Therefore make ...
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a-begging Annabel Lee auld lang syne Avès BAKER BAKER III bells bird bishop of Hereford blow Bob-o'-link bold Robin Hood brave Brignall Brignall banks brother Camelot Cameron Captain CHARLES KINGSLEY chee cried Darius dead eyes fear flew gold gray green Greta woods hair hand hath head hear heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hill Horatius Hush Jock of Hazeldean lady fair Lady of Shalott land Lars Porsena light Little John looked Lord Randal loud lulla lullaby merry moon mother ne'er never night o'er Oh pardon OLD BALLAD place like Home queen quoth Ring Robert of Lincoln Robin Hood round sail ship shore sings smile song soul Spink star-spangled banner stars steed stood sweet Lord Judge sword thee there's no place thou tower tree True Thomas Twas Twickenham Twickenham Town unto wave Wearie's weary wild wind wings young
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Page 218 - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest wo forget — lest we forget!
Page 166 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way?
Page 94 - Toll for the brave ! The brave that are no more ! All sunk beneath the wave, Fast by their native shore ! Eight hundred of the brave, Whose courage well was tried, Had made the vessel heel, And laid her on her side. A land breeze shook the shrouds, And she was overset ; Down went the Royal George, With all her crew complete.
Page 148 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold, And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 116 - Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells Of the bells Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells In the clamor...
Page 168 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Page 172 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 185 - Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And...
Page 167 - Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide, Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side?' 166 There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering but not lost.
Page 19 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more ? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps