Poems for Young PeopleWilliam Chambers |
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... Croak , croak ! " If he went or came , The cry of the crow was just the same . Jack looked up as grim as could be , And says , " What's my trade to the like of thee ! " " Dead horse ! dead horse ! croak , croak ! croak , croak ! " As ...
... Croak , croak ! " If he went or came , The cry of the crow was just the same . Jack looked up as grim as could be , And says , " What's my trade to the like of thee ! " " Dead horse ! dead horse ! croak , croak ! croak , croak ! " As ...
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... Croak ! croak ! " Old Jack looked up with a leer in his eye , And I'll hew it down ! " says he , " by and by ! I'll teach thee to rail , my old fellow , at me ! " So he spit on his hands , and says , " Have at the tree ! ” " Thwack ...
... Croak ! croak ! " Old Jack looked up with a leer in his eye , And I'll hew it down ! " says he , " by and by ! I'll teach thee to rail , my old fellow , at me ! " So he spit on his hands , and says , " Have at the tree ! ” " Thwack ...
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... Croak , croak ! ” Away to the wood again flew he , And soon he espied the slanting tree , And Jack , who stood laughing with all his might , His axe in his hand - he laughed for spite ; In triumph he laughed , and took up a stone , And ...
... Croak , croak ! ” Away to the wood again flew he , And soon he espied the slanting tree , And Jack , who stood laughing with all his might , His axe in his hand - he laughed for spite ; In triumph he laughed , and took up a stone , And ...
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... Croak , croak ! " says the carrion crow . Now ye who read this story through Heed well the moral - ' tis for you- Strife brings forth strife : be meek and kind ; See all things with a loving mind ; Nor e'er by passion be misled- Jack by ...
... Croak , croak ! " says the carrion crow . Now ye who read this story through Heed well the moral - ' tis for you- Strife brings forth strife : be meek and kind ; See all things with a loving mind ; Nor e'er by passion be misled- Jack by ...
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Page 131 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 150 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 37 - How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 29 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a well-chosen book or friend ; — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 151 - Her buskins gemmed with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known ! The oak-crowned Sisters and their chaste-eyed Queen Satyrs and Sylvan Boys were seen Peeping from forth their alleys green : Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear ; And Sport leaped up, and seized his beechen spear.
Page 40 - 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 the upland lawn. " 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 47 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin neck or nought, Away went hat and wig, He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a rig.
Page 31 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford; But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd.
Page 38 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 33 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...