 That murmurs from his pumpkin-leaf trombone, Conspire to teach the boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or, if his father lives upon the...  United States Magazine of Science, Art, Manufactures, Agriculture, Commerce ... - Page 2171857Full view - About this book
 | Richard Donkersley - Children - 1867 - 276 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His windmill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel that turns upon a pin; Or,...his father lives upon the shore, You'll see his ship " beams-end upon the floor," Full rigged, with raking masts and timber staunch, And waiting near the... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers - 1868 - 314 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or,...father lives upon the shore, You'll see his ship, " beam ends upon the floor," Full rigged, with raking masts, and timbers stanch,* And waiting, near... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His windmill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or, if his father lives upon the shore, You '11 see his ship, " beam ends upon the floor," Full rigged, with raking masts, and timbers stanch... | |
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or,...his father lives upon the shore, You'll see his ship " beam's end upon the floor," Full rigged, with raking masts and timbers staunch, And waiting near... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1876 - 348 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his &rrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or,...father lives upon the shore, You'll see his ship, "beam ends upon the floor," Full rigged, with raking masts, and timbers stanch, And waiting, near the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...You '11 see his ship, " beam ends upon the floor," Full rigged with raking masts, and timbers stanch, And waiting near the washtub for a launch. Thus by his genius and his jack-knife driven, Ere long he '11 solve you any problem given ; Make nny gimcrack musical or mute, A plow, a couch, an organ or... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered seed, His windmill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or, if his father lives upon the shore, You '11 sec his ship, " beam ends upon the floor," Full rigged with raking masts, and timbers stanch,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Readers - 1878 - 444 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or, if his father lives upon the shore, You '11 see his ship, " beam ends upon the floor," Full rigged, with raking masts, and timbers staunch,... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1880 - 352 pages
...boy. To these succeed His bow, his arrow of a feathered reed, His wind-mill, raised the passing breeze to win, His water-wheel, that turns upon a pin ; Or,...if his father lives upon the shore, You'll see his sliip, "beam ends upon the floor," Full rigged, with raking masts, and timbers stancli,4 And waiting,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...upon the shore, You'll see his ship, " beam en Js upon Full rkrged, with raking iiiasts. and limbers staunch, And waiting, near the wash-tub, for a launch....Ere long he'll solve you any problem given; Make any girncrack, musical or mule, A plough, a couch, an organ, or a flute; Make you a locomotive or a clock,... | |
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