Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for ChildrenSilver, Burdett, 1895 - 305 pages |
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... month of May ! Just see the stripes of red , and green , Of yellow , brown , and blue ! In warp and woof I've never seen A web of such rare hue . Our grand snow king is melting down , And never 127 NATURE IN VERSE . Lucy Larcom II.
... month of May ! Just see the stripes of red , and green , Of yellow , brown , and blue ! In warp and woof I've never seen A web of such rare hue . Our grand snow king is melting down , And never 127 NATURE IN VERSE . Lucy Larcom II.
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... seen To veil from view the early robin's nest , I love to lie beneath thy waving screen , With limbs by summer's heat and toil oppressed , And when the autumn winds have stripped thee bare , And round thee lies the smooth , untrodden ...
... seen To veil from view the early robin's nest , I love to lie beneath thy waving screen , With limbs by summer's heat and toil oppressed , And when the autumn winds have stripped thee bare , And round thee lies the smooth , untrodden ...
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... seen the budding Of the trees in valleys low ? Have you watched it creeping , creeping Up the mountain , soft and slow ? Weaving there a plush - like mantle , Brownish , grayish , reddish green , Changing , changing , daily , hourly ...
... seen the budding Of the trees in valleys low ? Have you watched it creeping , creeping Up the mountain , soft and slow ? Weaving there a plush - like mantle , Brownish , grayish , reddish green , Changing , changing , daily , hourly ...
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... seen the quaint mosaics Gracing all the mountain - sides , Where they , mingling , intertwining , Sway like softest mid - air tides ? Have you seen the autumn frostings Spread in all the leafage bright , Frostings of the rarest color ...
... seen the quaint mosaics Gracing all the mountain - sides , Where they , mingling , intertwining , Sway like softest mid - air tides ? Have you seen the autumn frostings Spread in all the leafage bright , Frostings of the rarest color ...
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... seen ; ' Tis white , with an overskirt of green , With six pretty silken cords that hold As many tiny tassels of gold . Oh , I have been working , never fear , To look my best , when I do appear . " And I must welcome the song - birds ...
... seen ; ' Tis white , with an overskirt of green , With six pretty silken cords that hold As many tiny tassels of gold . Oh , I have been working , never fear , To look my best , when I do appear . " And I must welcome the song - birds ...
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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.