Our Country's Readers, Libro 3Southern Publishing Company, 1903 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alice asked Atalanta baby began Betsey birds Bob-o'-link Brother Fox Brother Rabbit Brother Wolf cake captain castle celot child CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Columbus Coo-coo Crane cried Crockett damsel dinner Eugene Field fairy fight fire Flax Forever-never friends gave girl golden axe grinding Haigha hand Hatta head heard heart HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Hercules Hippomenes horse Hydra Indians killed king lake land Lion looked mill mill grinding mint-master Monster Nancy Pansy Neroveus nest never Never-forever night Oysters Paul Revere PHOEBE CARY piper poor brother powder Queen rats rich brother river rode Rodolph round sail settlers shillings singing Sir Laun Sir Launcelot Sir Tristram Sir Ugly Coat soldiers song soon soup stole stood story things Thomas Nelson Page thought To-whit told Tom Adams took tree Uncle Remus Unicorn violets voice walked Walrus wild wood young
Pasajes populares
Página 128 - There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling Of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling ; Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping, and little tongues chattering, And, like fowls in a farmyard when barley is scattering, Out came the children running. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls, And sparkling eyes and teeth like pearls, Tripping and skipping, ran merrily after The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.
Página 120 - So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm,— A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore!
Página 66 - They stole little Bridget For seven years long ; "When she 'came down again Her friends were all gone. They took her lightly back Between the night and morrow, They thought that she was fast asleep, But she was dead with sorrow.
Página 218 - Hospitality; His great fires up the chimney roared; The stranger feasted at his board; But, like the skeleton at the feast, That warning timepiece never ceased, — "Forever — never! Never — forever!
Página 138 - THE word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more ; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor. Think ye I made this ball A field of havoc and war, Where tyrants great and tyrants small Might harry the weak and poor...
Página 65 - UP the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather! Down along the rocky shore...
Página 142 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The...
Página 219 - All are scattered now and fled, Some are married, some are dead ; And when I ask, with throbs of pain, " Ah ! when shall they all meet again...
Página 56 - The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Página 217 - By day its voice is low and light ; But in the silent dead of night, Distinct as a passing footstep's fall, It echoes along the vacant hall, Along the ceiling, along the floor, And seems to say at each chamber-door, " Forever — never ! Never — forever!