Literature Reader, Volume 7California state printing office, 1916 |
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... stanza ? Explain the last line of this stanza . Why " idle door " in the third stanza ? Who was Triton ? ( He was the trum- peter of Neptune , the god of the sea . The old Greeks believed that the roaring of the sea was Triton blowing ...
... stanza ? Explain the last line of this stanza . Why " idle door " in the third stanza ? Who was Triton ? ( He was the trum- peter of Neptune , the god of the sea . The old Greeks believed that the roaring of the sea was Triton blowing ...
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... stanza ? Why should these men be named ? Who wrote the Declaration of Inde- pendence ? Explain the reference to " the Spartan " in the fourth stanza . ( See the book listed below under Pleasure Reading . ) Who was " the Spartan " -the ...
... stanza ? Why should these men be named ? Who wrote the Declaration of Inde- pendence ? Explain the reference to " the Spartan " in the fourth stanza . ( See the book listed below under Pleasure Reading . ) Who was " the Spartan " -the ...
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... stanza have become the most famous passage - the one most fre- quently quoted - in this poem ? Is the spirit of this hymn warlike or peaceful ? What does the poet say is the purpose of the monument ? 1 A SECOND TRIAL1 T WAS commencement ...
... stanza have become the most famous passage - the one most fre- quently quoted - in this poem ? Is the spirit of this hymn warlike or peaceful ? What does the poet say is the purpose of the monument ? 1 A SECOND TRIAL1 T WAS commencement ...
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... stanza . Do you recall a poem studied last year that was written by Thomas Campbell ? Pleasure Reading : Thacher's The Listening Child , pp . 168-180 SOLDIER , REST ! ( This selection is taken from 94 SEVENTH YEAR LITERATURE READER ...
... stanza . Do you recall a poem studied last year that was written by Thomas Campbell ? Pleasure Reading : Thacher's The Listening Child , pp . 168-180 SOLDIER , REST ! ( This selection is taken from 94 SEVENTH YEAR LITERATURE READER ...
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... stanza ? What is his purpose ? Explain The bride kissed the goblet . To be sure that you catch Loch- invar's dauntless spirit in the last line of the seventh stanza , hold in thought the word " can " before follow . Do you recall a ...
... stanza ? What is his purpose ? Explain The bride kissed the goblet . To be sure that you catch Loch- invar's dauntless spirit in the last line of the seventh stanza , hold in thought the word " can " before follow . Do you recall a ...
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Page 97 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume, And the bridemaidens whispered, "'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 101 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 97 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied : Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide ! And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 71 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Page 64 - Now in building of chaises, I tell you what, There is always somewhere a weakest spot, — In hub, tire, felloe, in spring or thill, In panel, or crossbar, or floor, or sill, In screw, bolt, thoroughbrace, • — lurking still, Find it somewhere you must and will, — Above or below, or within or without, — And that's the reason, beyond a doubt, A chaise breaks down, but doesn't wear out. But the Deacon swore (as Deacons do, With an
Page 70 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 160 - Love suffereth long, and is kind ; Love envieth not ; Love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up Doth not behave itself unseemly, Seeketh not her own, Is not easily provoked, Thinketh no evil ; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Page 344 - Then they rode back, but not, Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them...
Page 300 - Moreover by them is Thy servant warned : and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 101 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?