Words by the Way-side, Or, The Children and the FlowersGrant and Griffith, 1855 - 167 pages |
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... lives in the immediate neighbourhood of a large town , their amusements depend- ing chiefly on society , and on the morbid excitement of a juvenile circulating library . They were ignorant of the purer and higher pleasures which Nature ...
... lives in the immediate neighbourhood of a large town , their amusements depend- ing chiefly on society , and on the morbid excitement of a juvenile circulating library . They were ignorant of the purer and higher pleasures which Nature ...
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... live so much longer in water if the leaves are mingled with them . " " How do the leaves make the flowers live longer ? " " I will try to explain it to you . Plants breathe through their leaves in the same way that we breathe through ...
... live so much longer in water if the leaves are mingled with them . " " How do the leaves make the flowers live longer ? " " I will try to explain it to you . Plants breathe through their leaves in the same way that we breathe through ...
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... live longer , though it must die at last , for lack of nourishment from the root and at- mosphere . Place a plant in the dark for some time , and you will see how necessary the process of exhalation is : its system will become weak from ...
... live longer , though it must die at last , for lack of nourishment from the root and at- mosphere . Place a plant in the dark for some time , and you will see how necessary the process of exhalation is : its system will become weak from ...
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... Yes , God is love , or why should we Live on this pretty earth ; Where everything around we see Rejoicing in its birth . The butterflies with shining wings That gaily mount above , OR , THE CHILDREN AND THE FLOWERS . 17 21 CHAPTER IV.
... Yes , God is love , or why should we Live on this pretty earth ; Where everything around we see Rejoicing in its birth . The butterflies with shining wings That gaily mount above , OR , THE CHILDREN AND THE FLOWERS . 17 21 CHAPTER IV.
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... Miss Vaughan , they ran away to their mamma to relate what they had seen , and to tell her that they had never enjoyed a walk so much in all their lives . CHAPTER V. The rolling year Is full of Thee . 28 WORDS BY THE WAYSIDE ;
... Miss Vaughan , they ran away to their mamma to relate what they had seen , and to tell her that they had never enjoyed a walk so much in all their lives . CHAPTER V. The rolling year Is full of Thee . 28 WORDS BY THE WAYSIDE ;
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Popular passages
Page 21 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 13 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee, Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine...
Page 77 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 130 - One there lives whose guardian eye Guides our humble destiny ; One there lives who, Lord of all, Keeps our feathers lest they fall : Pass we blithely then the time, Fearless of the snare and lime, Free from doubt and faithless sorrow : God provideth for the morrow !" SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.
Page 122 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 130 - Say, with richer crimson glows The kingly mantle than the rose? Say, have kings more wholesome fare Than we, poor citizens of air ? Barns nor hoarded grain have we, Yet we carol merrily. Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow ! God provideth for the morrow...
Page 4 - I COME, I come! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountains with light and song; Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose .stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves opening as I pass.
Page 113 - When round Thy wondrous works below My searching, rapturous glance I throw, Tracing out Wisdom, Power, and Love, In earth or sky, in stream or grove ; Or, by the light Thy words disclose, Watch Time's full river as it flows, Scanning Thy gracious Providence, Where not too deep for mortal sense : When with dear friends sweet talk I hold, And all the flowers of life unfold, Let not my heart within me burn, Except in all I Thee discern.