Story Hour Readings, Book 6American Book, 1921 |
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... door in the sun , Atilt like a blossom among the leaves , And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings , - And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ...
... door in the sun , Atilt like a blossom among the leaves , And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings , - And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ...
Page 21
... door of boards split from balsam , and for a window cut out between the logs a space about nine inches wide and two feet long , over which I stretched a very thin piece of deerskin . To make my bed I used small logs , raised about ...
... door of boards split from balsam , and for a window cut out between the logs a space about nine inches wide and two feet long , over which I stretched a very thin piece of deerskin . To make my bed I used small logs , raised about ...
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... door- way , seems to me a sort of angel - a culinary angel ! Talk of joy ! There may be things better than beef stew ... doors perience . Is there a thrill in hard work ? Explain . people miss it ? ( Used by permission of Doubleday ...
... door- way , seems to me a sort of angel - a culinary angel ! Talk of joy ! There may be things better than beef stew ... doors perience . Is there a thrill in hard work ? Explain . people miss it ? ( Used by permission of Doubleday ...
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... doors unbarred ; Down to the moss - grown porch my way I take , And hear , beside the well within the yard , Full many an ancient , quacking , splashing drake , And gabbling goose , and noisy brood hen - all Responding to yon strutting ...
... doors unbarred ; Down to the moss - grown porch my way I take , And hear , beside the well within the yard , Full many an ancient , quacking , splashing drake , And gabbling goose , and noisy brood hen - all Responding to yon strutting ...
Page 64
... door . The air was clear , s calm , and bracing . The full moon silvered the lofty pines and the stars twinkled with rare brilliancy from their dark - blue depths . It was a perfect night — one that chal- lenged a skater to go on and on ...
... door . The air was clear , s calm , and bracing . The full moon silvered the lofty pines and the stars twinkled with rare brilliancy from their dark - blue depths . It was a perfect night — one that chal- lenged a skater to go on and on ...
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American answered apple tree asked beautiful began boat cabin Calais called Carcassonne child Children's Crusade Christmas Cleon cotton cried Croesus Curdie dark door earth eyes face father feet fire girls grain gray Gretel hand happy harvest head heard heart honor horses Indian JAMES BALDWIN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER kettle King Robert Lafayette land Lewis County light live logs Loki looked Lootie merry miles mountain Neonetta never night Philemon and Baucis pilot poem prince princess reaper Robert Morris rocks round S. H. R. SIXTH sail ship shore side silver skate Solon soon Spider stand stars Steme stood story Swen tell Thialfi things Thor thou thought turned Uncle Buck vessel voice Walter Manny William Phips wind wood ΙΟ ΤΟ
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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...