Story Hour Readings, Book 6American Book, 1921 |
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... coming of a storm- Closer and brighter glares the lightning's flash , And louder , nearer , sounds the thunder's crash . The air of evening is intensely hot , The breeze feels heated as it fans my brows Now sullen raindrops patter down ...
... coming of a storm- Closer and brighter glares the lightning's flash , And louder , nearer , sounds the thunder's crash . The air of evening is intensely hot , The breeze feels heated as it fans my brows Now sullen raindrops patter down ...
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... coming directly after me , and drew the trigger . The hammer fell , but there followed neither flash nor sound ; the priming was useless with sea water . I cursed myself for my neglect . Why had not I , long before , reprimed and ...
... coming directly after me , and drew the trigger . The hammer fell , but there followed neither flash nor sound ; the priming was useless with sea water . I cursed myself for my neglect . Why had not I , long before , reprimed and ...
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... coming 20 to a little stream which emptied into a larger I turned in to explore its course . Fir and hemlock trees of a century's growth met overhead and formed an evergreen archway radiant with frostwork . All was dark within ; but I ...
... coming 20 to a little stream which emptied into a larger I turned in to explore its course . Fir and hemlock trees of a century's growth met overhead and formed an evergreen archway radiant with frostwork . All was dark within ; but I ...
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... Coming on the ear amid such an unbroken solitude , it To sounded like a blast from an infernal trumpet . Presently I heard the twigs on the shore snap as if from the tread of some animal . ΤΟ The blood rushed to my forehead with a bound ...
... Coming on the ear amid such an unbroken solitude , it To sounded like a blast from an infernal trumpet . Presently I heard the twigs on the shore snap as if from the tread of some animal . ΤΟ The blood rushed to my forehead with a bound ...
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... coming opposite the 10 house , a couple of staghounds , aroused by the noise , bayed furiously from their kennels . Quickly taking the hint the wolves stopped in their mad career , turned skulkingly , and fled . I watched them till ...
... coming opposite the 10 house , a couple of staghounds , aroused by the noise , bayed furiously from their kennels . Quickly taking the hint the wolves stopped in their mad career , turned skulkingly , and fled . I watched them till ...
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Page 375 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 100 - He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast; He cut a rope from a broken spar. And bound her to the mast. "O father! I hear the church-bells ring, O say, what may it be?
Page 92 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.
Page 383 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die,...
Page 102 - She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull. Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed in ice, With the masts went by the board; Like a vessel of glass, she stove and sank, Ho! Ho! the breakers roared!
Page 261 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.
Page 175 - Sail on! sail on! and on!'" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak." The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say...
Page 105 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "Tis some poor fellow's...
Page 96 - Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official; The warping floor, the battered seats, The jack-knife's carved initial; The charcoal...
Page 387 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...