Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for ChildrenSilver, Burdett, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... Little Nannie A Summer Day Music of Nature .. Under the Greenwood Tree Summer Woods . Selected 112 Selected 113 114 William Shakespeare Mary Howitt 115 In the Meadow .. PAGE Selected 115 The River The TABLE OF CONTENTS . ix.
... Little Nannie A Summer Day Music of Nature .. Under the Greenwood Tree Summer Woods . Selected 112 Selected 113 114 William Shakespeare Mary Howitt 115 In the Meadow .. PAGE Selected 115 The River The TABLE OF CONTENTS . ix.
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... woods , With that bright swarm of bees , The birds , the butterflies , the buds , That seek such haunts as these . Weave on , weave on , dear Mother Earth , Thy carpet warm and bright , Of warp and woof thou hast no dearth ; And oh ...
... woods , With that bright swarm of bees , The birds , the butterflies , the buds , That seek such haunts as these . Weave on , weave on , dear Mother Earth , Thy carpet warm and bright , Of warp and woof thou hast no dearth ; And oh ...
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... woods , by twig and spray , To the roots they find their way ; Rushing , creeping , Doubling , leaping , Down they go To the waiting life below . O the brisk and merry rain , Bringing gladness in its train ! Falling , glancing ...
... woods , by twig and spray , To the roots they find their way ; Rushing , creeping , Doubling , leaping , Down they go To the waiting life below . O the brisk and merry rain , Bringing gladness in its train ! Falling , glancing ...
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... woods , All dressed in silvery gray , Whether satin or velvet , or soft woolen goods , I'm sure I'm not able to say . While great drifts were piled in hedgerow and plain , While fiercely the March winds did blow , And wildly the tempest ...
... woods , All dressed in silvery gray , Whether satin or velvet , or soft woolen goods , I'm sure I'm not able to say . While great drifts were piled in hedgerow and plain , While fiercely the March winds did blow , And wildly the tempest ...
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... wood or dell ? Before a day was over , Home comes the rover , sweeter this For mother's kiss , - Than any other thing . E -W . Allingham . APRIL FOOLS . SHY HY little pansies Tucked away to SONGS OF spring . 49 Wishing W Allingham.
... wood or dell ? Before a day was over , Home comes the rover , sweeter this For mother's kiss , - Than any other thing . E -W . Allingham . APRIL FOOLS . SHY HY little pansies Tucked away to SONGS OF spring . 49 Wishing W Allingham.
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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.