Graded Literature Readers, Book 8Ida Catherine Bender, Harry Pratt Judson Maynard, Merrill, & Company, 1901 - Readers |
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... earth were lost Beheld , so high upon the dreary deeps It seemed in heaven , a ship , the shape thereof A dragon winged , and all from stem to stern Bright with a shining people on the decks , And gone as soon as seen . And then the two ...
... earth were lost Beheld , so high upon the dreary deeps It seemed in heaven , a ship , the shape thereof A dragon winged , and all from stem to stern Bright with a shining people on the decks , And gone as soon as seen . And then the two ...
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... earth became As nothing , but the king stood out in heaven , Crowned . And Leodogran awoke , and sent Ulfius and Brastias and Bedivere , Back to the court of Arthur answering yea . Bleys : according to British tradition , a magician ...
... earth became As nothing , but the king stood out in heaven , Crowned . And Leodogran awoke , and sent Ulfius and Brastias and Bedivere , Back to the court of Arthur answering yea . Bleys : according to British tradition , a magician ...
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... earth , and richly beseen , and this damsel will come to you anon , 10 and then speak ye fair to her that she will give you that sword . " Anon withal came the damsel unto Arthur and saluted him , and he her again . " Damsel , " said ...
... earth , and richly beseen , and this damsel will come to you anon , 10 and then speak ye fair to her that she will give you that sword . " Anon withal came the damsel unto Arthur and saluted him , and he her again . " Damsel , " said ...
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... earth . And the noble Arthur fell in a swoon to the earth and there 15 he swooned ofttimes . And Sir Lucan de butlere and Sir Bedivere ofttimes heaved him up , and so weakly they led him betwixt them both to a little chapel not far from ...
... earth . And the noble Arthur fell in a swoon to the earth and there 15 he swooned ofttimes . And Sir Lucan de butlere and Sir Bedivere ofttimes heaved him up , and so weakly they led him betwixt them both to a little chapel not far from ...
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... earth in person , and that glove - house was some earth cavern ! But Skrymir had vanished ; Utgard with its sky - high gates , when Thor grasped his hammer to smite them , had gone to air ; only the giant's voice was heard mocking ...
... earth in person , and that glove - house was some earth cavern ! But Skrymir had vanished ; Utgard with its sky - high gates , when Thor grasped his hammer to smite them , had gone to air ; only the giant's voice was heard mocking ...
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Page 90 - Should I turn upon the true prince? Why, thou knowest. I am as valiant as Hercules ; but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life ; I for a valiant lion, and thou for a true prince.
Page 247 - Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail : And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river.
Page 231 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings...
Page 29 - She smiled, she went up through the surf in the bay. Children dear, was it yesterday? Children dear, were we long alone? "The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan. Long prayers," I said, "in the world they say. Come!
Page 207 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Page 208 - The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Page 245 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 186 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner stone, thereof, when, the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 185 - Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever ! STUDIES AND NOTES 1.
Page 207 - I am become a name For always roaming with a hungry heart. Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments Myself not least, but...