The Speaker, Volume 3Pearson Brothers, 1908 - Readers |
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... faith of her heart , It passed to her new - born infant , who took of her trust its part . " He would not suck of the breast - milk till the Prince had drunken his fill ; And he would not sleep to the cradle - song till the Prince was ...
... faith of her heart , It passed to her new - born infant , who took of her trust its part . " He would not suck of the breast - milk till the Prince had drunken his fill ; And he would not sleep to the cradle - song till the Prince was ...
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... faith Bum grew hot . " It's the blessed Virgin Mary , I'm tellin ' ye , and I'll bust yer face if ye don't shut up ! " he cried angrily . " James , " Miss Lucy broke in sternly upon this discussion between the Reformed and the Papal ...
... faith Bum grew hot . " It's the blessed Virgin Mary , I'm tellin ' ye , and I'll bust yer face if ye don't shut up ! " he cried angrily . " James , " Miss Lucy broke in sternly upon this discussion between the Reformed and the Papal ...
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... faith ; here's a hundred shares I happen to have in my pocket . I'll sell you this for fifteen cents and guarantee that by the time you get back to New York it will be $ 1.50 . Fifteen dollars is all it costs . Take a chance . " The ...
... faith ; here's a hundred shares I happen to have in my pocket . I'll sell you this for fifteen cents and guarantee that by the time you get back to New York it will be $ 1.50 . Fifteen dollars is all it costs . Take a chance . " The ...
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... faith , that Thou hast brought this heavy judgment upon me . God of Goodness and Righteous Judge of all the Earth , have mercy and for- give if we weep for him who goeth away and shall return no more , nor see his home and kindred ...
... faith , that Thou hast brought this heavy judgment upon me . God of Goodness and Righteous Judge of all the Earth , have mercy and for- give if we weep for him who goeth away and shall return no more , nor see his home and kindred ...
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... faith ; Being a clever child , you will soon learn . ( To the others . ) We must be tender with all budding things . Our Maker let no thought of Calvary Trouble the morning stars in their first song . ( Puts the crucifix in the inner ...
... faith ; Being a clever child , you will soon learn . ( To the others . ) We must be tender with all budding things . Our Maker let no thought of Calvary Trouble the morning stars in their first song . ( Puts the crucifix in the inner ...
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Page 355 - For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths— for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 344 - Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite— respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!
Page 354 - O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O CAPTAIN ! my Captain ! our fearful trip is done ; The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring. But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies. Fallen cold and dead.
Page 349 - It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Page 314 - 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.
Page 343 - Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, 'Doubtless,' said I, 'what it utters is its only stock and store Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of "Never - nevermore.
Page 318 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge ; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 307 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.
Page 351 - In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace— Radiant palace— reared its head. In the monarch Thought's dominion, It stood there; Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair.
Page 316 - And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.