Choice Literature: For Grammar Grades, Book 2American Book Company, 1898 - Readers |
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Page 56
For Grammar Grades. this death rattle breaking out into acclamations . The sky had been covered the whole day , but at this very moment , eight o'clock in the evening , the clouds parted in the horizon , and the sinister red glow of the ...
For Grammar Grades. this death rattle breaking out into acclamations . The sky had been covered the whole day , but at this very moment , eight o'clock in the evening , the clouds parted in the horizon , and the sinister red glow of the ...
Page 59
... day . Hence the terror , hence all those great souls laying down their swords . Those who had conquered Europe fell crushed , having nothing more to say or do , and feeling a terrible presence in the shadow . Hoc erat in fatis . On that day ...
... day . Hence the terror , hence all those great souls laying down their swords . Those who had conquered Europe fell crushed , having nothing more to say or do , and feeling a terrible presence in the shadow . Hoc erat in fatis . On that day ...
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... a sorrowful voice to all who pass , " Forever - never ! Never forever ! " By day its voice is low and light ; But in the silent dead of night , Distinct as a passing footstep's fall , It echoes along the vacant hall , Along the ceiling ...
... a sorrowful voice to all who pass , " Forever - never ! Never forever ! " By day its voice is low and light ; But in the silent dead of night , Distinct as a passing footstep's fall , It echoes along the vacant hall , Along the ceiling ...
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For Grammar Grades. little girl , with many a dive and start , shielding her sunny face from the fire with one hand , turns from time to ... day of trial , when we are all passing through a fiery fur- nace , and very likely we shall be ...
For Grammar Grades. little girl , with many a dive and start , shielding her sunny face from the fire with one hand , turns from time to ... day of trial , when we are all passing through a fiery fur- nace , and very likely we shall be ...
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... for their amusement and sanctifi- cation . As the day will probably come when every man in Hartford will live in his own mammoth , five - story granite insurance building , it may not be unreasonable to expect that every man will sport ...
... for their amusement and sanctifi- cation . As the day will probably come when every man in Hartford will live in his own mammoth , five - story granite insurance building , it may not be unreasonable to expect that every man will sport ...
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Page 250 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 328 - Love thyself last : cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.
Page 253 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 326 - What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now forever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 194 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated; who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
Page 163 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 124 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; • Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed —...
Page 465 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Page 252 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our Ashes live their wonted Fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon...
Page 331 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...