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... bird meadow . The market boat is on the stream . The corn fields are flooded . I doubt if he who lolls his head , Where idleness and plenty meet , Enjoys his pillow or his bread , As ... Birds , joyous birds of the wandering wing , Whence.
... bird meadow . The market boat is on the stream . The corn fields are flooded . I doubt if he who lolls his head , Where idleness and plenty meet , Enjoys his pillow or his bread , As ... Birds , joyous birds of the wandering wing , Whence.
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John Daniel Morell. Birds , joyous birds of the wandering wing , Whence is it ye come with the flowers of spring ? " We come from the shores of the green old Nile , From the land where the roses of Sharon smile , From the palms that wave ...
John Daniel Morell. Birds , joyous birds of the wandering wing , Whence is it ye come with the flowers of spring ? " We come from the shores of the green old Nile , From the land where the roses of Sharon smile , From the palms that wave ...
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... are used simply to distinguish : — I heard this wonderful story , when I was a little child . The pelican is a large bird , with a long straight bill . The showers were short , the weather mild , The 12 GRADUATED EXERCISES .
... are used simply to distinguish : — I heard this wonderful story , when I was a little child . The pelican is a large bird , with a long straight bill . The showers were short , the weather mild , The 12 GRADUATED EXERCISES .
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... birds live in trees , some few on the water , and some only on the ground ; those that live in trees have the toes separate . Some also were there that said so . These are those of whom I spoke to you . I give them as much as I can ...
... birds live in trees , some few on the water , and some only on the ground ; those that live in trees have the toes separate . Some also were there that said so . These are those of whom I spoke to you . I give them as much as I can ...
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... birds of the year generally remain until the end of August . He spoke the language of the country in perfection . I heard the owl scream and the cricket cry . Never give up ! It is wiser and better always to hope than once to despair ...
... birds of the year generally remain until the end of August . He spoke the language of the country in perfection . I heard the owl scream and the cricket cry . Never give up ! It is wiser and better always to hope than once to despair ...
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Page 48 - As bees In spring-time, when the Sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubbed with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs: so thick the aery crowd Swarmed and were straitened; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Page 46 - There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till.
Page 44 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 47 - Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear; And when they smiled because he...
Page 45 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 48 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Page 46 - And I will place within them as a guide My umpire Conscience, whom if they will hear, Light after light, well used, they shall attain; And to the end, persisting, safe arrive.
Page 41 - Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Page 41 - There is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
Page 24 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still.