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Page 115
... Agnes , who was about nine years old . There were none but the six young creatures in the house , and no neighbour nearer than at Grasmere , far away at the foot of the hills . Agnes was , however , a womanly little girl , and took her ...
... Agnes , who was about nine years old . There were none but the six young creatures in the house , and no neighbour nearer than at Grasmere , far away at the foot of the hills . Agnes was , however , a womanly little girl , and took her ...
Page 116
... Agnes behave ? What is an auction ? What did Agnes do before the children went asleep ? breakfast lightened PART II . frightened shrieking potatoes continued Morning came , but no father or mother , and the snow was falling faster than ...
... Agnes behave ? What is an auction ? What did Agnes do before the children went asleep ? breakfast lightened PART II . frightened shrieking potatoes continued Morning came , but no father or mother , and the snow was falling faster than ...
Page 119
... Agnes , and the sudden loss that had befallen her and the rest of the children , excited much sympathy . The twins were kept together , and the others were put into good homes , many kind people sending money , besides , to provide all ...
... Agnes , and the sudden loss that had befallen her and the rest of the children , excited much sympathy . The twins were kept together , and the others were put into good homes , many kind people sending money , besides , to provide all ...
Page 120
... Agnes got as far as the nearest house , and sixty strong men soon set out to look for the missing ones . The neigh ... Agnes , and the sudden loss that had befallen the children , exciting much sympathy . QUESTIONS . - How long did the ...
... Agnes got as far as the nearest house , and sixty strong men soon set out to look for the missing ones . The neigh ... Agnes , and the sudden loss that had befallen the children , exciting much sympathy . QUESTIONS . - How long did the ...
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Page 121 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 106 - I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come, and men may go, But I go on forever.
Page 23 - WHAT IS THAT, MOTHER ?—Doane. humble sphere crystal floating careering relying nestling unplumes friendship WHAT is that, mother ? The lark, my child. The morn has but just looked out and smiled, When he starts from his humble, grassy nest, And is up and away with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure, bright sphere,. To warble it out in his Maker's ear. Ever, my child, be thy morn's first lays Tuned, like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise. What is that, mother ? The dove,...
Page 96 - TO-WHIT ! to-whit, to-whee ! Will you listen to me ? Who stole four eggs I laid, And the nice nest I made ? Not I said the cow, moo-oo! Such a thing I never do; I gave you a wisp of hay, But didn't take your nest away. Not I, said the cow, moo-oo ! Such a thing I'd never do ! Bob-o-link, bob-o-link!
Page 79 - JANUARY brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet; Scatters daisies at our feet. May brings flocks of pretty lambs, Skipping by their fleecy dams. June brings tulips, lilies, roses ; Fills the children's hands with posies. Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots and gillyflowers.
Page 106 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Page 98 - Don't ask me again, Why, I haven'ta chick Would do such a trick. We all gave her a feather, And she wove them together. I'd scorn to intrude On her and her brood. Cluck! Cluck!" said the hen, "Don't ask me again." "Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! All the birds make a stir! Let us find out his name, And all cry 'for shame!'" "I would not rob a bird," Said little Mary Green; "I think I never heard Of anything so mean.
Page 129 - Here I come creeping, smiling everywhere; All round the open door, Where sit the aged poor; Here where the children play, In the bright and merry May, I come creeping, creeping everywhere. Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere; In the noisy city street My pleasant face you'll meet, Cheering the sick at heart Toiling his busy part, — Silently creeping, creeping everywhere.
Page 90 - CALL my brother back to me ; I cannot play alone ; The summer comes with flower and bee — Where is my brother gone ?
Page 14 - A COUNTRY life is sweet ! In moderate cold and heat, To walk in the air, how pleasant and fair, In every field of wheat, The fairest of flowers adorning the bowers, And every meadow's brow ; So that I say, no courtier may Compare with them who clothe in gray, And follow the useful plough.