Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for ChildrenSilver, Burdett, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... HEARD the bluebird singing To robin in the tree . " Cold winter now is over And spring has come , " said he ; " ' Tis time for flowers to rouse from sleep , And from their downy blankets peep ; So wake , wake , little flowers , Wake ...
... HEARD the bluebird singing To robin in the tree . " Cold winter now is over And spring has come , " said he ; " ' Tis time for flowers to rouse from sleep , And from their downy blankets peep ; So wake , wake , little flowers , Wake ...
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... heard them say , " If birds and flowers have work to do , Why , so have little children too ; So work , work , little children , Work , for winter is o'er , Work , work , work , The spring has come once more . " - Helen C. Bacon . THE ...
... heard them say , " If birds and flowers have work to do , Why , so have little children too ; So work , work , little children , Work , for winter is o'er , Work , work , work , The spring has come once more . " - Helen C. Bacon . THE ...
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... heard say , That she never could find Where the brook ran away . - Mrs. Follen . THE VOICE OF THE GRASS . ERE I come creeping , creeping everywhere ; HE By the dusty roadside , On the sunny hillside , Close by the noisy brook , In every ...
... heard say , That she never could find Where the brook ran away . - Mrs. Follen . THE VOICE OF THE GRASS . ERE I come creeping , creeping everywhere ; HE By the dusty roadside , On the sunny hillside , Close by the noisy brook , In every ...
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... heard them telling In the splashing rain We will tell to you again . " Yes , we are pussies , Though we never purr ; See , we are dressed In softest fur . Children reach to gather us With loving care As we gently sway in air . " Come ...
... heard them telling In the splashing rain We will tell to you again . " Yes , we are pussies , Though we never purr ; See , we are dressed In softest fur . Children reach to gather us With loving care As we gently sway in air . " Come ...
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... heard not the preacher Expound or discuss ; But we looked at the people , And they looked at us . We saw all their dresses , Their colors and shapes , The trim of their bonnets , The cut of their capes . We heard the wind - organ , The ...
... heard not the preacher Expound or discuss ; But we looked at the people , And they looked at us . We saw all their dresses , Their colors and shapes , The trim of their bonnets , The cut of their capes . We heard the wind - organ , The ...
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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
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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.