The Jones Readers by Grades: Book one-[eight], Book 7Ginn, 1904 |
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... green isle , it seemed no more , Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But in it there were three tall trees , And o'er it blew the mountain breeze , And by it there were waters flowing , And on it there were young flowers growing Of ...
... green isle , it seemed no more , Scarce broader than my dungeon floor ; But in it there were three tall trees , And o'er it blew the mountain breeze , And by it there were waters flowing , And on it there were young flowers growing Of ...
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... inch in length when fully grown . In color he 25 is brownish or olive green , and he has three pairs of true legs , which are longer than the legs usually vouchsafed to caterpillars . He has black eyes , which give him. 49.
... inch in length when fully grown . In color he 25 is brownish or olive green , and he has three pairs of true legs , which are longer than the legs usually vouchsafed to caterpillars . He has black eyes , which give him. 49.
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... green silence dost displace With thy mellow , breezy bass . Hot midsummer's petted crone , Sweet to me thy drowsy tone Tells of countless sunny hours , Long days , and solid banks of flowers ; Of gulfs of sweetness without bound In ...
... green silence dost displace With thy mellow , breezy bass . Hot midsummer's petted crone , Sweet to me thy drowsy tone Tells of countless sunny hours , Long days , and solid banks of flowers ; Of gulfs of sweetness without bound In ...
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... green flag half - mast high , Succory to match the sky , Columbine with horn of honey , Scented fern , and agrimony , Clover , catchfly , adder's - tongue , And brier roses , dwelt among ; All beside was unknown waste , All was picture ...
... green flag half - mast high , Succory to match the sky , Columbine with horn of honey , Scented fern , and agrimony , Clover , catchfly , adder's - tongue , And brier roses , dwelt among ; All beside was unknown waste , All was picture ...
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... green , and green to gold . The tree becomes a spraying fountain , a very explosion of dazzling jewels , and it stands there the acme , the climax , the supremest possibility in art or nature , of bewildering , 20 intoxicating ...
... green , and green to gold . The tree becomes a spraying fountain , a very explosion of dazzling jewels , and it stands there the acme , the climax , the supremest possibility in art or nature , of bewildering , 20 intoxicating ...
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Page 125 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 145 - Help me, Cassius, or I sink ! ' I, as ^Eneas our great ancestor • Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar.
Page 264 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 146 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...
Page 218 - MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 81 - When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power: In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies...
Page 131 - The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 124 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 122 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 68 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.