Poetry for ChildrenHoughton, Mifflin, 1879 - 240 páginas Poems with varying degrees of difficulty and a wide range of subject matter, specifically chosen for elementary children. |
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Página 173
... grandmother This livelong summer day . " And thou must carry with thee This wheaten cake so fine , This new - made pat of butter , This little flask of wine . “ And tell the dear old body , This day I cannot come , For the good man went ...
... grandmother This livelong summer day . " And thou must carry with thee This wheaten cake so fine , This new - made pat of butter , This little flask of wine . “ And tell the dear old body , This day I cannot come , For the good man went ...
Página 174
... grandmother : The table thou canst spread ; Canst feed the little dog and bird ; And thou canst make her bed . " And thou canst fetch the water From the lady - well hard by ; And thou canst gather from the wood The fagots brown and dry ...
... grandmother : The table thou canst spread ; Canst feed the little dog and bird ; And thou canst make her bed . " And thou canst fetch the water From the lady - well hard by ; And thou canst gather from the wood The fagots brown and dry ...
Página 177
... grandmother This livelong summer day . " PART II . Away tripped little Mabel , With the wheaten cake so fine , With the new - made pat of butter , And the little flask of wine . And long before the sun was hot , And the summer mist had ...
... grandmother This livelong summer day . " PART II . Away tripped little Mabel , With the wheaten cake so fine , With the new - made pat of butter , And the little flask of wine . And long before the sun was hot , And the summer mist had ...
Página 183
... glen Unto the good old grandmother Went gladly back again . Thus happened it to Mabel On that midsummer day , And these three fairy - blessings She took with her away . 184 I HEARD AN ANGEL . ' Tis good to MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY . 183.
... glen Unto the good old grandmother Went gladly back again . Thus happened it to Mabel On that midsummer day , And these three fairy - blessings She took with her away . 184 I HEARD AN ANGEL . ' Tis good to MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY . 183.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
A. R. Waud Abbot of Aberbrothok Allen-a-Dale baby begins to blow bird bless bread bright brown dear doth ducklings Edmonton eyes fagots fair Kirkley fairy fir-wood flew flowers Garrett and Merrill George Nidiver grandmother grandpapa GRAVES green GREENWOOD TREE grizzly bear hath haunted spring hear heart hens hither hunter IDLE SHEPHERD-BOYS Inchcape Rock JANE TAYLOR JOHN GILPIN John Tomkins Kirkley Hall little birdie LITTLE BROTHER Little John Little lamb lonesome glen looked MABEL ON MIDSUMMER Merrill E. H. Garrett Merrill F. T. Merrill Merrill Garrett MIDSUMMER DAY Miss Humphrey moon mother never Nose o'er old arm-chair play POSIES FOR CHILDREN pray prayer Quoth ROBIN HOOD'S DEATH ROSE round says mamma sing Sir Ralph sleep spectacles stream summer taffrail tell thou canst Three Bells tree turtle-dove Twas unto W. L. Sheppard WARY TROUT well-bred duck wild wind that brings wish wood youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 231 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. ' But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Página 227 - His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed, Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed ! But, finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well-shod feet, The snorting beast began to trot, Which galled him in his seat. So, Fair and softly...
Página 137 - And he fixed his eye on the darker speck. He felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing; His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover's mirth was wickedness. His eye was on the Inchcape float; Quoth he, " My men, put out the boat, And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I'll plague the priest of Aberbrothok.
Página 240 - Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither; Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.
Página 133 - On the whole, it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 228 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both At last it flew away.
Página 200 - One midst the forests of the West By a dark stream is laid, The Indian knows his place of rest, Far in the cedar shade. The sea, the blue lone sea hath one, He lies where pearls lie deep, He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep.
Página 227 - He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more.
Página 170 - More motionless ! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again ! This plot of Orchard-ground is Ours ; My trees they are, my Sister's flowers ; Here rest your wings when they are weary, Here lodge as in a sanctuary ! Come often to us, fear no wrong ; Sit near us on the bough ! We'll talk of sunshine and of song ; And summer days when we were young ; Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.
Página 167 - In works of labour, or of skill, I would be busy too ; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.