Common-school Literature, English and American: With Several Hundred Extracts to be MemorizedContains a short sketch about Eugene Field and his work (p. 123-124). |
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... children of a larger growth . II . But Shakspeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he . III . Three poets * in three distant ages born 20 COMMON - SCHOOL LITERATURE . —AGE OF THE RESTORATION.
... children of a larger growth . II . But Shakspeare's magic could not copied be ; Within that circle none durst walk but he . III . Three poets * in three distant ages born 20 COMMON - SCHOOL LITERATURE . —AGE OF THE RESTORATION.
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... child of Nature- listened to her teachings , sympathized with her moods , and obeyed her promptings . His " songs gushed from his heart As showers from the clouds of summer , Or tears from the eyelids start . " Hence his words find a ...
... child of Nature- listened to her teachings , sympathized with her moods , and obeyed her promptings . His " songs gushed from his heart As showers from the clouds of summer , Or tears from the eyelids start . " Hence his words find a ...
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... Child , and Hohenlinden . His principal prose work is his Lectures on Poetry . EXTRACTS . I. The world was sad , the garden was a wild , And man , the hermit , sighed till woman smiled . II . Pleasures of Hope ' Tis distance lends ...
... Child , and Hohenlinden . His principal prose work is his Lectures on Poetry . EXTRACTS . I. The world was sad , the garden was a wild , And man , the hermit , sighed till woman smiled . II . Pleasures of Hope ' Tis distance lends ...
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... Tintern Abber Lucy , We are Seven , etc. EXTRACTS . I. The child is father of the man , And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety . The Rainbow . II . O reader ! had you in your mind 38 COMMON - SCHOol literature .
... Tintern Abber Lucy , We are Seven , etc. EXTRACTS . I. The child is father of the man , And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety . The Rainbow . II . O reader ! had you in your mind 38 COMMON - SCHOol literature .
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... Cowper , and Life of Wesley . His best poems are Thalaba and Curse of Kehama . EXTRACTS . I. Call not that man wretched who , whatever ills he suffers , has a child to love . STAT II . How beautiful is night ! A dewy AGE OF SCOTT . 41.
... Cowper , and Life of Wesley . His best poems are Thalaba and Curse of Kehama . EXTRACTS . I. Call not that man wretched who , whatever ills he suffers , has a child to love . STAT II . How beautiful is night ! A dewy AGE OF SCOTT . 41.
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