Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for ChildrenSilver, Burdett, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... eye they dry the tear , And bring the fainting heart good cheer . - Selected . THE SUNBEAMS . " NOW , what shall I send to the Earth to - day ? " Said the great , round , golden Sun. " Oh ! let us go down there to work and play , " Said ...
... eye they dry the tear , And bring the fainting heart good cheer . - Selected . THE SUNBEAMS . " NOW , what shall I send to the Earth to - day ? " Said the great , round , golden Sun. " Oh ! let us go down there to work and play , " Said ...
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... eyes . Their mother , letting fall a tear , Said , " Oh , my polliwogs , It can't be you that're sitting here ! " For all of them were frogs . And with their legs they'd grown some lungs ; So you just wait and see ; In summer time their ...
... eyes . Their mother , letting fall a tear , Said , " Oh , my polliwogs , It can't be you that're sitting here ! " For all of them were frogs . And with their legs they'd grown some lungs ; So you just wait and see ; In summer time their ...
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... fools , Hurry back to bed ! " Soft chins a - quiver , Dark eyes full of tears , Brave little pansies , Spite of their fears , Said , " Let us wait for The sunshiny weather 50 NATURE IN VERSE . April Fools Emily Huntington Miller.
... fools , Hurry back to bed ! " Soft chins a - quiver , Dark eyes full of tears , Brave little pansies , Spite of their fears , Said , " Let us wait for The sunshiny weather 50 NATURE IN VERSE . April Fools Emily Huntington Miller.
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... eyes , With a sweet surprise are glowing ; " Oh ! mamma , I see A popcorn tree And the corn - ball just a - growing . ' MAY . HY are bees and butterflies WHY Dancing in the sun ? Violets and buttercups Blooming , every one ...
... eyes , With a sweet surprise are glowing ; " Oh ! mamma , I see A popcorn tree And the corn - ball just a - growing . ' MAY . HY are bees and butterflies WHY Dancing in the sun ? Violets and buttercups Blooming , every one ...
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... eyes to grow brighter , and hearts to grow gladder And earth to rejoice in her jubilant song ; Almost time for the sweetest of seasons ; Nearer it comes with each new - born day , And soon the smile of the beautiful springtime Winter's ...
... eyes to grow brighter , and hearts to grow gladder And earth to rejoice in her jubilant song ; Almost time for the sweetest of seasons ; Nearer it comes with each new - born day , And soon the smile of the beautiful springtime Winter's ...
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Alice Cary baby beautiful bees bloom blossoms blow blue Blynken Bob-o'-link bobolink bough breeze bright brook brown buds buttercup chee chick-a-dee-dee child clouds clover cowslips daisies dance daylight dies dear little dress earth eyes fair fairy Father flowers fly away home garden gentle glad golden goldenrod Good-morning good-night grass gray green greenwood tree grow head hear heard heart Jack Frost ladybird laughed leaves light lilies little bird little Daisy little sunbeam look Lucy Larcom Lucy Wheelock Lullaby Mary Howitt Mayflower meadow merry moon morning mother nest never night o'er pansies peep play pretty purple Pussy rain robin rose round Selected shining sing sleep smile snow Snowdrop soft song spider Spink spring stars summer sunshine sweet swing tell thee There's things thrush tree twinkle Violet wake warm whisper wind wings winter wood
Popular passages
Page 242 - And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 235 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 240 - And a feeling of sadness conies o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 3 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...
Page 3 - The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Page 264 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 235 - 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 303 - WYNKEN, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe — Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew. "Where are you going, and what do you wish ? " The old moon asked the three. "We have come to fish for the herring fish That live in this beautiful sea; Nets of silver and gold have we!
Page 86 - MERRILY swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name ; " Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Snug and safe is that nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 261 - Now I shall be out of sight; So through the valley and over the height, In silence I'll take my way; I will not go on like that blustering train, The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they.