Journal of the National Education Association, Volume 16National Education Association of the United States., 1927 |
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Page 116 - My castles are my king's alone From turret to foundation-stone— The hand of Douglas is his own, And never shall in friendly grasp The hand of such as Marmion clasp. That would have daunted most men, but Marmion stood squarely up and said. "I'm not here as Marmion,
Page 286 - And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, goodwill to men I Till, ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, A chant sublime Of peace on earth, goodwill to
Page 286 - r Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay— The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love Thee,
Page 18 - selfish passion and religion not an idle dream. From the fine example of the fifty founders of Phi Beta Kappa; from the success of their enterprise and its extension from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ; from the friends their creed
Page 190 - Л man's a man for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest man, though e'er sac poor, Is king o' men for a
Page 18 - ME but do my work from day to day, In field or forest, at the desk or loom, In roaring market-place or tranquil room; Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me
Page 286 - but even if they did not see Santa Clans coming down, what would that prove ? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn
Page 286 - Street. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or
Page 46 - The rain is raining all around It falls on field and tree. It rains on the umbrellas here And on the ships at sea. Thereupon the game of composing a tune for these lines, and writing out the music, became an engrossing one. Each child was given opportunity to sing his original tune for the first two lines, the best tune being chosen by
Page 134 - The savings bank of the squirrel and mouse. For robin and wren an apartment house, The dressing-room of the butterfly's ball. The locust's and katydid's concert hall, The schoolboy's ladder in pleasant June, The schoolgirl's tent in the July noon, And my leaves shall whisper them merrily A tale of the children who planted me.