Selections in Prose, Poetry, and Dialogues for Declamation and Recitation: Suited to the Capacities of Youth, and Intended for the Exhibition-day Requirements of Common Schools and AcademiesIvison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, 1876 - 181 pages |
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... scene . This great and glorious nation , from the blue waters of the Atlantic to the golden shores of the Pacific , partakes of the pride of thy life and the sorrow of thy loss . In hundreds of schools of the deso- lated South the ...
... scene . This great and glorious nation , from the blue waters of the Atlantic to the golden shores of the Pacific , partakes of the pride of thy life and the sorrow of thy loss . In hundreds of schools of the deso- lated South the ...
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... scenes of their youth , so shall we revive the memories of our school when the battle of life has been fought , and we sit down to repose after the burden and heat of the day are passed . Then little incidents , which seem now hardly ...
... scenes of their youth , so shall we revive the memories of our school when the battle of life has been fought , and we sit down to repose after the burden and heat of the day are passed . Then little incidents , which seem now hardly ...
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... scenes of savage desolation transformed , almost with the sudden- ness of enchantment , into those of fruitfulness and beauty , crowned with flourishing cities , filled with the noblest of all populations ; —if there be a man , I say ...
... scenes of savage desolation transformed , almost with the sudden- ness of enchantment , into those of fruitfulness and beauty , crowned with flourishing cities , filled with the noblest of all populations ; —if there be a man , I say ...
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... scene of wonders is here presented to your view ! If beheld with a relig- ious eye , what a temple for the worship of the Almighty ! The earth is spread out before you , reposing amid the desolation of winter , or clad in the verdure of ...
... scene of wonders is here presented to your view ! If beheld with a relig- ious eye , what a temple for the worship of the Almighty ! The earth is spread out before you , reposing amid the desolation of winter , or clad in the verdure of ...
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... spell , And do the parts assigned us well . Our teacher true , we turn to you , A guide beloved and kind ; In youth and age on memory's page Our thanks shall stand enshrined , 69 And when mid life's gay scenes we stray , Where.
... spell , And do the parts assigned us well . Our teacher true , we turn to you , A guide beloved and kind ; In youth and age on memory's page Our thanks shall stand enshrined , 69 And when mid life's gay scenes we stray , Where.
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Page 4 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone...
Page 83 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 87 - GOD, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee. Where'er we turn...
Page 4 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 71 - They sailed away for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows, And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood, With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose. 'Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.' So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the...
Page 100 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 99 - Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame, or private breath ; Who envies none that chance doth raise, Or vice ; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise, Nor rules of state, but rules of good...
Page 73 - For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.
Page 103 - THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding stages : A day to childhood seems a year, And years like passing ages. The gladsome current of our youth, Ere passion yet disorders, Steals lingering like a river smooth Along its grassy borders. But as the care-worn cheek grows wan, And sorrow's shafts fly thicker, Ye Stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker ? When joys have lost their bloom and breath And life itself is vapid, Why, as we reach the Falls of Death, Feel...
Page 105 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.