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... rain page 233 , with Study 33 on page 236 66 46 237 34 241 " " 66 " " " " 243 35 250 66 " " 252 36 66 254 " " 66 66 66 257 37 263 66 264 66 38 267 268 39 272 66 66 " " 274 40 279 66 " " 281 4I 283 42. The vines of the farm " " 285 66 66 ...
... rain page 233 , with Study 33 on page 236 66 46 237 34 241 " " 66 " " " " 243 35 250 66 " " 252 36 66 254 " " 66 66 66 257 37 263 66 264 66 38 267 268 39 272 66 66 " " 274 40 279 66 " " 281 4I 283 42. The vines of the farm " " 285 66 66 ...
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... rain , and turns not aside the while from raising her own . While we are engrossed with " developing " our clearings and are planting farms and cities and shops , she goes on serenely raising her ancient products in the bits of land ...
... rain , and turns not aside the while from raising her own . While we are engrossed with " developing " our clearings and are planting farms and cities and shops , she goes on serenely raising her ancient products in the bits of land ...
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... rain , write with soft pencil and not with ink . 5. As to poison ivy ( fig . 2 ) : Unless you are immune , look out for it : a vine climbing by aerial roots on trees and fences , or creeping over the ground . Its compound leaves ...
... rain , write with soft pencil and not with ink . 5. As to poison ivy ( fig . 2 ) : Unless you are immune , look out for it : a vine climbing by aerial roots on trees and fences , or creeping over the ground . Its compound leaves ...
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... rain descends upon the fields and starts down every slope , gathering the loosened soil particles , collecting in rills , increasing in volume , and cutting gullies and picking up loosened stones , and pouring its mixture of mud and ...
... rain descends upon the fields and starts down every slope , gathering the loosened soil particles , collecting in rills , increasing in volume , and cutting gullies and picking up loosened stones , and pouring its mixture of mud and ...
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... rain and dew And earth and air , the things of life To mingle them anew , And store them safe in guarding earth To meet man's hunger - need . Then lo , the wonder grows complete ; The germ within the seed Becomes a sermon or a song , A ...
... rain and dew And earth and air , the things of life To mingle them anew , And store them safe in guarding earth To meet man's hunger - need . Then lo , the wonder grows complete ; The germ within the seed Becomes a sermon or a song , A ...
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Page 233 - Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green. We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell, We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing.
Page 52 - Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness ; And Thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 205 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground ; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And bring forth boughs like a plant But man dieth, and wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Page 150 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them " Hiawatha's Chickens." Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he...
Page 180 - My heart is awed within me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me, — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Page 320 - The little cares that fretted me I lost them yesterday, Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play, Among the lowing of the herds, The rustling of the trees, Among the singing of the birds, The humming of the bees.
Page 137 - The hand that built the firmament hath heaved And smoothed these verdant swells, and sown their slopes With herbage, planted them with island groves, And hedged them round with forests.
Page 268 - Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Page 9 - ... look back a little and tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. " Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great land.
Page 96 - I'm truly sorry man's dominion. Has broken nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An...