Pictorial Geographical Readers, Libro 2

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Longmans, Green, and Company, 1904

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Página 118 - Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all; And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, A whisper inside me seemed to say, " You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot : You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
Página 118 - You friendly earth! how far do you go With the wheat fields that nod, and the rivers that flow? With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles, And people upon you for thousands of miles?
Página 99 - I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky; And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass— O wind, a-blowing all day long, 0 wind, that sings so loud a song!
Página 100 - I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song...
Página 117 - The wonderful air is over me, And the wonderful wind is shaking the tree ; It walks on the water, and whirls the mills, And talks to itself on the tops of the hills.
Página 125 - THE twilight is sad and cloudy, The wind blows wild and free, And like the wings of sea-birds Flash the white caps of the sea But in the fisherman's cottage There shines a ruddier light, And a little face at the window Peers out into the night. Close, close it is pressed to the window As if those childish eyes Were looking into the darkness, To see some form arise.
Página 12 - THE clouds are scudding across the moon, A misty light is on the sea ; The wind in the shrouds has a wintry tune, And the foam is flying free. Brothers, a night of terror and gloom Speaks in the cloud and gathering roar; Thank God, He has given us broad sea-room, A thousand miles from shore. Down with the hatches on those who sleep ! The wild and whistling deck have we; Good watch, my brothers, to-night...
Página 13 - ... night of terror and gloom Speaks in the cloud and gathering roar; Thank God, He has given us broad sea-room, A thousand miles from shore. Down with the hatches on those who sleep! The wild and whistling deck have we; Good watch, my brothers, tonight we'll keep, While the tempest is on the sea!
Página 59 - River ! river ! brimming river ! Broad and deep, and still as Time, Seeming still, yet still in motion, Tending onward to the ocean, Just like mortal prime.
Página 59 - Bright you sparkle on your way, O'er the yellow pebbles dancing, Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play. River ! River ! swelling River ! On you rush o'er rough and smooth, — Louder, faster, brawling,.

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