Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for ChildrenSilver, Burdett, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... Selected .Selected 3 Children's Friend and Kindergarten Harper's Young People .Helen C. Bacon M. A. Stoddart 4456 78 A Spring Meeting A Song of Spring . The Sunshine's Caress . Sunbeams The Sunbeams If I were a Sunbeam . Spring ...
... Selected .Selected 3 Children's Friend and Kindergarten Harper's Young People .Helen C. Bacon M. A. Stoddart 4456 78 A Spring Meeting A Song of Spring . The Sunshine's Caress . Sunbeams The Sunbeams If I were a Sunbeam . Spring ...
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... Selected 32 Mother Truth's Melodies 33 Frank Dempster Sherman 35 Selected 36 Songs for the Little Ones at Home 37 Julia M. Dana 38 Emily Gail Arnold 39 Selected 40 Marian Douglass 41 Susie E. Kennedy 42 Selected 43 .C . Smith 44 Selected 47 ...
... Selected 32 Mother Truth's Melodies 33 Frank Dempster Sherman 35 Selected 36 Songs for the Little Ones at Home 37 Julia M. Dana 38 Emily Gail Arnold 39 Selected 40 Marian Douglass 41 Susie E. Kennedy 42 Selected 43 .C . Smith 44 Selected 47 ...
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... Selected 73 .James Buckham Miss H. F. Gould Mrs. Anderson Mary Barker Dodge Celia Thaxter J. Colesworthy George Macdonald Selected 73 Selected 74 .M . F. Butts 75 L. A. Twamley 76 77 78 Florence Percy 79 80 81 82 83 84 .William Cullen ...
... Selected 73 .James Buckham Miss H. F. Gould Mrs. Anderson Mary Barker Dodge Celia Thaxter J. Colesworthy George Macdonald Selected 73 Selected 74 .M . F. Butts 75 L. A. Twamley 76 77 78 Florence Percy 79 80 81 82 83 84 .William Cullen ...
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... Selected 115 Samuel G. Goodrich 116 Selected 117 The Dew .. Rain in Summer . Summer Shower . A Song of Clover . Pebbles Selected 118 W. C. Bennett 119 Emily Dickinson 120 " Saxe Holm " 121 Frank Dempster Sherman 122 What the Burdock was ...
... Selected 115 Samuel G. Goodrich 116 Selected 117 The Dew .. Rain in Summer . Summer Shower . A Song of Clover . Pebbles Selected 118 W. C. Bennett 119 Emily Dickinson 120 " Saxe Holm " 121 Frank Dempster Sherman 122 What the Burdock was ...
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... Selected 166 Selected 166 S. A. Hudson 167 Caroline B. Southey 168 Cora W. Bronson 169 Selected 170 Selected 172 Emilie Poulsson 173 " The Ettrick Shepherd " 174 ... Selected 175 S. W. Duffield 176 E. S. Bumstead 177 .James Buckham 178 ...
... Selected 166 Selected 166 S. A. Hudson 167 Caroline B. Southey 168 Cora W. Bronson 169 Selected 170 Selected 172 Emilie Poulsson 173 " The Ettrick Shepherd " 174 ... Selected 175 S. W. Duffield 176 E. S. Bumstead 177 .James Buckham 178 ...
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Alice Cary autumn baby beautiful bees bloom blossoms blue blue weather Blynken Bob-o'-link bobolink bough breeze bright brook brown buttercup buzz chee chestnuts child clouds clover cowslips cricket daisies danced daylight dies dear little dress earth eyes fair fairies Father flax fly away home garden gentle gold golden goldenrod Good-morning good-night grass gray green greenwood tree grow head hear heard heart Helen Hunt Jackson Jack Frost ladybird ladybug laughed leaves light lily little bird little sunbeam look Lullaby Mary Howitt meadow merry morning mother nest never night o'er pansies peep play pretty purple rain robin rose round Selected shining sing sleep smile snow soft song spider Spink spring stars summer sunshine sweet swing tell thee There's things thrush tree twinkle violet wake warm weather whip-poor-will whisper wind wings winter wood
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Page 241 - Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.
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 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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 114 - Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
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.
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.