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... Birds ' Nests 18. John Barleycorn 19. The Raven and the Oak 20. The White Squall 21. The Minstrel 22. Isaac Ashford 23. Gelert 24. The Chameleon • 25. The Sands o ' Dee 26. John Gilpin Thomson Cowper Wordsworth • Wolfe PAGE 1235 Gray 7 ...
... Birds ' Nests 18. John Barleycorn 19. The Raven and the Oak 20. The White Squall 21. The Minstrel 22. Isaac Ashford 23. Gelert 24. The Chameleon • 25. The Sands o ' Dee 26. John Gilpin Thomson Cowper Wordsworth • Wolfe PAGE 1235 Gray 7 ...
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... Bird 49. We are Seven 50. Poor Dog Tray . • · Wordsworth 51 Longfellow 53 • Campbell 55 · Tennyson 56 Logan 61 Burns 62 Southey 63 Jenner 65 Old Ballad 66 Sir Roundell Palmer 68 approach of Spring 52. Tom Bowling 53. The Prisoner of ...
... Bird 49. We are Seven 50. Poor Dog Tray . • · Wordsworth 51 Longfellow 53 • Campbell 55 · Tennyson 56 Logan 61 Burns 62 Southey 63 Jenner 65 Old Ballad 66 Sir Roundell Palmer 68 approach of Spring 52. Tom Bowling 53. The Prisoner of ...
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... bird " In danger shall not tarry ; 66 ' So , though the waves are raging white , " I'll row you o'er the ferry . " By this the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of Heaven each face Grew dark as ...
... bird " In danger shall not tarry ; 66 ' So , though the waves are raging white , " I'll row you o'er the ferry . " By this the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of Heaven each face Grew dark as ...
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... wits , To bite so good a man . The wound it seemed both sore and sad To every christian eye : And while they swore the dog was mad , They swore the man would die . But soon a wonder came to light , That show'd 17 Birds' Nests.
... wits , To bite so good a man . The wound it seemed both sore and sad To every christian eye : And while they swore the dog was mad , They swore the man would die . But soon a wonder came to light , That show'd 17 Birds' Nests.
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... BIRDS ' NESTS . Some to the holly hedge , Nestling repair , and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring . The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few , Their food its insects ...
... BIRDS ' NESTS . Some to the holly hedge , Nestling repair , and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring . The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few , Their food its insects ...
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66 Straight a'that BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN beneath bird brave bright captain cheer Cheviot child churchyard cried Crooked Lane dark dead dear death Dora double dungeon doughty Douglas dread dungeon fair faithful father flew foreign bands gallant Gelert gentle Gilpin gone grave green grew grey plover hand hath hear heard heart heaven John Anderson John Barleycorn king knew land light look look'd Lord Percy merry mighty moonlight play morn mother ne'er Netherby never night Northumberland o'er poor dog Tray pride queen's old courtier quoth raven river Dee rode round the Square Sally Brown Scotland seem'd side sigh sight sing slain smile song sorrow soul storm sweet sword tear tell thee There's things thou thought thousand tree Trelawny Twas voice wave weep WHITE SQUALL wild wind wings word Wordsworth Wykeham's young Lochinvar
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Page 55 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 120 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 130 - Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine, While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line ; It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak...
Page 11 - Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!
Page 150 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee! "O for a soft and gentle wind!
Page 51 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 162 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.
Page 96 - The bride had consented, the gallant came late ; For a laggard in love and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 114 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 50 - And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, " This shall be yours, when you bring back My husband safe and well." The youth did ride, and soon did meet John coming back amain — Whom in a trice he tried to stop, By catching at his rein; But not performing what he meant, And gladly would have done, The frighted steed he frighted more, And made him faster run. Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-boy at his heels, The post-boy's horse right glad to miss The lumb'ring of the wheels.