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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... true , And it must follow , as the night the day , Thou canst not then be false to any man . III . Sweet are the uses of adversity , Which , like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life ...
... true , And it must follow , as the night the day , Thou canst not then be false to any man . III . Sweet are the uses of adversity , Which , like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life ...
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... true poet , and some of his lines , such as " The youthful world's gray fathers , " etc. , have been an inspiration to other poets . Some of his most beautiful single poems are The Rainbow , They are All Gone , The World , The Bee ...
... true poet , and some of his lines , such as " The youthful world's gray fathers , " etc. , have been an inspiration to other poets . Some of his most beautiful single poems are The Rainbow , They are All Gone , The World , The Bee ...
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... true sources of poetic inspiration . This improvement was begun by Thomson in the preceding age , and carried to a glorious consum- mation near the close of this , by Burns , Goldsmith , and Cowper . There was also a great improvement ...
... true sources of poetic inspiration . This improvement was begun by Thomson in the preceding age , and carried to a glorious consum- mation near the close of this , by Burns , Goldsmith , and Cowper . There was also a great improvement ...
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... true 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 ...
... true 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 ...
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... true , whate'er befall , I feel it when I sorrow most , — ' T is better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all . II . Howe'er it be , it seems to me , ' Tis only noble to be good ; In Memoriam , 27 . Kind hearts are more ...
... true , whate'er befall , I feel it when I sorrow most , — ' T is better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all . II . Howe'er it be , it seems to me , ' Tis only noble to be good ; In Memoriam , 27 . Kind hearts are more ...
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