Language Work in Elementary Schools

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Ginn, 1916 - 333 páginas

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Página 269 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. — POPE Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the
Página 306 - THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS 1 This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. I
Página 270 - A various language : for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And healing sympathy that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. — BRYANT I
Página 290 - O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM 3 0 little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie ! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by ; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light.; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night. 1
Página 309 - to-morrow blossoms And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, ¡is I do.
Página 270 - The snow had begun in the gloaming, And, busily all the night, Had been heaping fields and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl. — LOWELL
Página 310 - favors ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have : And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE
Página 275 - THE SWING 1 How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue ? Oh ! I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do ! Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide, Kivers and trees and cattle and all Over the
Página 276 - LITTLE BIRDIE What does little birdie say, In her nest at peep of day ? " Let me fly," says little birdie, " Mother, let me fly away." " Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger." So she rests a little longer. Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her
Página 309 - I do. 1 have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with

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