Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for ChildrenSilver, Burdett, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... sailing from the maple trees ! You showering things , you shimmering things , That June - time always brings ! Oh , are you seeds that seek the earth , The shade of lovely leaves to spread ? Or shining angels , that had birth When ...
... sailing from the maple trees ! You showering things , you shimmering things , That June - time always brings ! Oh , are you seeds that seek the earth , The shade of lovely leaves to spread ? Or shining angels , that had birth When ...
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... sailing all around , It wouldn't , no , it wouldn't , tumble on the ground . So the pretty little lilies hung their aching heads , And the golden pansies cuddled in their beds ; The cherries couldn't grow a bit , you would have pitied ...
... sailing all around , It wouldn't , no , it wouldn't , tumble on the ground . So the pretty little lilies hung their aching heads , And the golden pansies cuddled in their beds ; The cherries couldn't grow a bit , you would have pitied ...
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... sailing round away up in the sky . " And old Grandma Lightning , flitting to and fro , Said , " What were you made for , I would like to know , That you spend your precious time sailing all around , When you know you ought to be buried ...
... sailing round away up in the sky . " And old Grandma Lightning , flitting to and fro , Said , " What were you made for , I would like to know , That you spend your precious time sailing all around , When you know you ought to be buried ...
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... sailing And shining so round and low ; You were bright ! ah bright ! but your light is failing- You are nothing now but a bow . You moon , have you done something wrong in heaven That God has hidden your face ? I hope if you have you ...
... sailing And shining so round and low ; You were bright ! ah bright ! but your light is failing- You are nothing now but a bow . You moon , have you done something wrong in heaven That God has hidden your face ? I hope if you have you ...
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... sailing , And the sheep nibbled peacefully at the grass , And the cow looked over the paling . Yes , summer had come , and the cuckoo sang His song through woodland and hollow ; " The summer is come ; if you don't believe me , You have ...
... sailing , And the sheep nibbled peacefully at the grass , And the cow looked over the paling . Yes , summer had come , and the cuckoo sang His song through woodland and hollow ; " The summer is come ; if you don't believe me , You have ...
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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.