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Page 35 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song! Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong! 4 Our fathers...
Page 8 - A kid, a kid. 4. Then came the staft, and beat the dog That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid.
Page 59 - I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair.
Page 8 - Then came the Holy One, blessed be He ! And killed the Angel of Death, That killed the Butcher. That slew the Ox, That drank the Water, That quenched the Fire, That burned the Staff, That beat the Dog, That bit the Cat, That ate the Kid, That my father bought For two pieces of money : A Kid, a Kid.
Page 8 - Then came the Holy One, blessed be He! And killed the angel of death, That killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, / That ate the kid, That my 'father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid.
Page 59 - He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He cut a rope from a broken spar, And bound her to the mast. "O father! I hear the church-bells ring, Oh say, what may it be?
Page 38 - One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write "it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.
Page 27 - The most widely diffused species is the common asparagus (Aaparagus o/fifiiuilis) , a native of Europe, which grows on the banks of rivers and on the seashore, in meadows and bushy places, especially in sandy soils, occurring in a "few places in...
Page 38 - WE can do more good by being good than in any other way.
Page 16 - This is my country's flag, And I am my country's boy; To love and serve it well, Will ever be my joy.