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... asked him , what he was going to do with the grass ? Willy told him , it was to catch his pony . " Oh , then , " cried the man , " you need not take so much trouble ; if you hold out your hat empty , it will do just as well ; for the ...
... asked him , what he was going to do with the grass ? Willy told him , it was to catch his pony . " Oh , then , " cried the man , " you need not take so much trouble ; if you hold out your hat empty , it will do just as well ; for the ...
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... asked him why The Lord's Prayer he had said . " Why , sir , " said he , " this morning wher My mother went away , She wept because she said she had No bread for us to day . " She said we children now must starve , Our father being dead ...
... asked him why The Lord's Prayer he had said . " Why , sir , " said he , " this morning wher My mother went away , She wept because she said she had No bread for us to day . " She said we children now must starve , Our father being dead ...
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... No work for me to do ? " My sister asked me on the wall To nail her rose's low green shoot ; The rose she likes the best of all , Because the lady at the hall , In autumn gave the root . " Poor baby has been hard to cheer , All 46.
... No work for me to do ? " My sister asked me on the wall To nail her rose's low green shoot ; The rose she likes the best of all , Because the lady at the hall , In autumn gave the root . " Poor baby has been hard to cheer , All 46.
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... asking for him , and it was time to appear as their king . You may fancy how surprised the farmer's wife was , and how she asked the king's pardon for scolding him . He only smiled , and said , if she forgave him for burning the cakes ...
... asking for him , and it was time to appear as their king . You may fancy how surprised the farmer's wife was , and how she asked the king's pardon for scolding him . He only smiled , and said , if she forgave him for burning the cakes ...
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... asking for him , he was answered , " Oh ! the bricklayers have finished building the walls ; they have no more to do ... asked the man to let him try the plane . He found it was too heavy for him to move easily , and when he did , he ...
... asking for him , he was answered , " Oh ! the bricklayers have finished building the walls ; they have no more to do ... asked the man to let him try the plane . He found it was too heavy for him to move easily , and when he did , he ...
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Page 104 - That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; — Her beauty made me glad. "Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" "How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Page 52 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 143 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
Page 54 - Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 97 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 97 - From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of GOD are strewn ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.
Page 28 - When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Then the traveller in the dark, Thanks you for your tiny spark : He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so.
Page 84 - Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.
Page 88 - THE dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink ; I heard a voice ; it said, " Drink, pretty Creature, drink ! " And, looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain Lamb with a Maiden at its side. No other sheep were near, the Lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone ; With one knee on the grass did the little Maiden kneel, While to that mountain Lamb she gave its evening meal.
Page 19 - GENTLE Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child, Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.