The London readers. First (-Sixth) reader1878 |
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... would spring back and dance round me in circles of green and gold , and red and blue . You can have no idea how delightful it was . " But it was soon over , and then I found myself at the bottom of a waterfall , in a broad THIRD READER .
... would spring back and dance round me in circles of green and gold , and red and blue . You can have no idea how delightful it was . " But it was soon over , and then I found myself at the bottom of a waterfall , in a broad THIRD READER .
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... the hedge . It was an old crab - tree , out of which grew a great bunch of something green , quite dif- ferent from the tree itself . Here is a branch of it . 24 BIRDS ' NESTS . PART II . PERHAPS the THIRD READER . 23.
... the hedge . It was an old crab - tree , out of which grew a great bunch of something green , quite dif- ferent from the tree itself . Here is a branch of it . 24 BIRDS ' NESTS . PART II . PERHAPS the THIRD READER . 23.
Page 41
... green fire ; and if she touched a twig with her hand ever so lightly , the brilliant insects fell down around her , like shooting stars . 2. Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own ; and from morning to night , as ...
... green fire ; and if she touched a twig with her hand ever so lightly , the brilliant insects fell down around her , like shooting stars . 2. Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own ; and from morning to night , as ...
Page 48
... green , with many a twinkling diamond light ; the land with almost as many colours as the rainbow , for it was mid - autumn , when the corn is ripe and the leaves are beautiful in dying . How clear and sharp was the coast - line that ...
... green , with many a twinkling diamond light ; the land with almost as many colours as the rainbow , for it was mid - autumn , when the corn is ripe and the leaves are beautiful in dying . How clear and sharp was the coast - line that ...
Page 75
... green ; the shell was green ; and so they believed that the whole world must be green also ; which was a very natural conclusion . The shell grew and the peas grew ; the peas accom- modated themselves to their position , and sat all in ...
... green ; the shell was green ; and so they believed that the whole world must be green also ; which was a very natural conclusion . The shell grew and the peas grew ; the peas accom- modated themselves to their position , and sat all in ...
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Page 179 - I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from- Heaven Than when I was a boy.
Page 185 - When but an idle boy, I sought its 'grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my hand, — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand!
Page 172 - What ails thee, young one? what? why pull so at thy cord? Is it not well with thee? well both for bed and board? Thy plot of grass is soft, and green as grass can be; Rest, little young one, rest; what is't that aileth thee?
Page 172 - The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink ; I heard a voice, it said, Drink, pretty Creature, drink ! And, looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied, A snow-white mountain Lamb with a Maiden at its side. No other sheep were near, the Lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord was tether'd to a stone...
Page 184 - I'll protect it now. Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down?
Page 172 - Towards the lamb she looked ; and from that shady place I unobserved could see the workings of her face : If nature to her tongue could measured numbers bring, Thus, thought I, to her lamb that little maid might sing:
Page 177 - I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, To pine on the stem ; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead.
Page 172 - Rest, little young one, rest ; thou hast forgot the day When my father found thee first in places far away...
Page 173 - I've heard of fearful winds and darkness that come there; The little brooks that seem all pastime and all play, When they are angry, roar like lions for their prey. "Here thou need'st not dread the raven in the sky; Night and day thou art safe, — our cottage is hard by. Why bleat so after me? Why pull so at thy chain? Sleep — and at break of day I will come to thee again!
Page 186 - T is thine, my God, — the same that kept My resting hours from harm ; No ill came nigh me, for I slept Beneath th' Almighty's arm. 3 'T is thine, my daily bread that brings, Like manna scattered round, And clothes me, as the lily springs In beauty from the ground. 4...