Studies in Reading

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University Publishing Company, 1912

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Página 258 - That it is, and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I But the fact is, I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard
Página 397 - To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. —William Cullen Bryant.
Página 266 - from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door." 21. What is now the still deeper meaning of "Nevermore"? 22. Explain the meaning of the last stanza. 23. Read and re-read the poem for both music and message. ADDITIONAL READINGS POE: Annabel Lee, Ulalume.
Página 73 - 9. What traces of age at last appear? 10. Explain "nothing local." 11. Explain "There wasn'ta chance for one to start." 12. Why have the parson working on his sermon when the end came? 13. Explain, "All at once, and nothing first,— Just as bubbles do when they burst.
Página 275 - CITIZEN. O, royal Caesar! ANTONY. Hear me with patience. ALL. Peace, ho! ANTONY. Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, 175 His private arbors, and new-planted orchards, On this side Tiber; he hath left them you, And to your heirs forever, common pleasures, To walk abroad, and recreate yourselves. Here was a Caesar! when comes such
Página 122 - And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor; but no man knoweth of his sepulcher unto this day. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. THE
Página 9 - The Barefoot Boy. THE PEN Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch enchanter's wand!—itself a nothing But taking sorcery from the master's hand To paralyze the Caesars and to strike The loud earth breathless! Take away the swordStates can be saved without it.
Página 404 - Though in a bare and rugged Way Through devious lonely Wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my Pains beguile; The barren Wilderness shall smile, With sudden Greens and Herbage crown'd, And streams shall murmur all around.
Página 350 - Not what we give, but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me." IX Sir Launfal woke as from a swound
Página 415 - 25 Opened, and welcomed the sea to wander at will o'er the meadows. West and south there were fields of flax, and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain; and away to the northward Blomidon 12 rose, and the forests old, and aloft on the mountains "Basin of

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