McGuffey's First-[sixth] Eclectic Reader, Issue 5American Book Company, 1920 |
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... heard- A poet learned it of a bird , And kept its music every word- 2. A story of a dim ravine , O'er which the towering tree tops lean , With one blue rift of sky between ; 3. And there , two thousand years ago , A little flower as ...
... heard- A poet learned it of a bird , And kept its music every word- 2. A story of a dim ravine , O'er which the towering tree tops lean , With one blue rift of sky between ; 3. And there , two thousand years ago , A little flower as ...
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... heard her song , She felt them snicker and sneer ; She thought that life was too long , And wished she could skip a year . 3. " O nightingale ! " cooed a dove ; " O nightingale ! what's the use ? You bird of beauty and love , Why behave ...
... heard her song , She felt them snicker and sneer ; She thought that life was too long , And wished she could skip a year . 3. " O nightingale ! " cooed a dove ; " O nightingale ! what's the use ? You bird of beauty and love , Why behave ...
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... heard , as he thought , a foot coming to the door ; but no , it was a false alarm . 11. Taking fresh courage , he went cautiously and took a very fine cherry , for he was determined to take but one , and put it into his mouth . It was ...
... heard , as he thought , a foot coming to the door ; but no , it was a false alarm . 11. Taking fresh courage , he went cautiously and took a very fine cherry , for he was determined to take but one , and put it into his mouth . It was ...
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... heard from him , we supposed him to be dead . " " I am 6. " Come along , follow me , " said the stranger , going to see a person who says his name is William Reed , of Kingston , near Taunton . Come and confront him . If you prove to be ...
... heard from him , we supposed him to be dead . " " I am 6. " Come along , follow me , " said the stranger , going to see a person who says his name is William Reed , of Kingston , near Taunton . Come and confront him . If you prove to be ...
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... heard of the rattlesnake or copperhead ? An unexpected sight of either of these reptiles will make even the lords of creation recoil ; but there is a species of worm , found in various parts of this country , which conveys a poison of a ...
... heard of the rattlesnake or copperhead ? An unexpected sight of either of these reptiles will make even the lords of creation recoil ; but there is a species of worm , found in various parts of this country , which conveys a poison of a ...
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Page 247 - ... boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Page 183 - Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration.
Page 262 - 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!
Page 152 - Thou coveredst it with the deep As with a garment : The waters stood above the mountains. At Thy rebuke They fled ; At the voice of Thy thunder They hasted away.
Page 265 - Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, • Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain hath bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 138 - The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 80 - Nay, not so," Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Page 102 - Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood In brighter light, and softer airs, a beauteous sisterhood? Alas! they all are in their graves, the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds, with the fair and good of ours. The rain is falling where they lie, but the cold November rain Calls not from out the gloomy earth the lovely ones again.
Page 305 - Again he felt and fumbled at the pig. It did not burn him so much now ; still, he licked his fingers from a sort of habit. The truth at length broke into his slow understanding that it was the pig that smelt so, and the pig that tasted so delicious...
Page 73 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him; and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...