Webster's Little Folks' Speaker: Comprising Many Standard Pieces, as Well as a Great Many Entirely Original, Both Sentimental and Humorous |
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... Heaven ..... Deeds of Kindness .. Dare and Do ! .. Do Not Wait .. Do Thy Little , Do it Well .. Discontent ... Early Rising .. Frogs at School .. Fairies , The .... Frost , The .. Farm Yard Song Fountain , The ... JAMES T. FIELDS ...
... Heaven ..... Deeds of Kindness .. Dare and Do ! .. Do Not Wait .. Do Thy Little , Do it Well .. Discontent ... Early Rising .. Frogs at School .. Fairies , The .... Frost , The .. Farm Yard Song Fountain , The ... JAMES T. FIELDS ...
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... heaven , and when they shall go ; And then , a boy , stopping to think , Will find a hot tear in his eye To know what will come at the last- For grandmothers all have to die ! I wish they could stay here and pray , For a boy needs their ...
... heaven , and when they shall go ; And then , a boy , stopping to think , Will find a hot tear in his eye To know what will come at the last- For grandmothers all have to die ! I wish they could stay here and pray , For a boy needs their ...
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... HEAVEN . GEO . W. BIRDSEYE . [ To be delivered in a tender , sympathetic manner . ] Down in the meadow , close by ... heaven ? " Fondly but sadly the mother smiled , Tenderly clasped to her heart her child , Thinking of two of her ...
... HEAVEN . GEO . W. BIRDSEYE . [ To be delivered in a tender , sympathetic manner . ] Down in the meadow , close by ... heaven ? " Fondly but sadly the mother smiled , Tenderly clasped to her heart her child , Thinking of two of her ...
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... heaven . MY EARLIEST RECOLLECTION . ANON . [ Recite very archly . ] I recollect a nurse called Ann , Who carried me about the grass , And one fine day a fine young man Came up and kissed the pretty lass- She did not make the least ...
... heaven . MY EARLIEST RECOLLECTION . ANON . [ Recite very archly . ] I recollect a nurse called Ann , Who carried me about the grass , And one fine day a fine young man Came up and kissed the pretty lass- She did not make the least ...
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... heaven's promises , Like starlight on a tomb . SECOND SPEAKER . I love the hour of darkness , When I give myself to sleep , And I think that holy angels Their watch around me keep .. [ Exit . My dreams are light and happy , As I ...
... heaven's promises , Like starlight on a tomb . SECOND SPEAKER . I love the hour of darkness , When I give myself to sleep , And I think that holy angels Their watch around me keep .. [ Exit . My dreams are light and happy , As I ...
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ALICE CARY angel ANON Baby Bell beautiful gates ajar birds Bob-o-link Bobolink boss boy-my boy bright brown thrush chee chick Chickery child cried dark dear dream eyes face Female Characters flowers Foo-Foo frogs GEORGE COOPER give Grandma grass hand happy head heard heart heaven How's my boy-my Jack Frost keep kiss labor Lady Moon leave light little birdie little boy little girl Little Jerry live look Male mamma manner MARY MAPES DODGE merry mooly cow morning mother mouse nature nest never night o'er PHOEBE CARY poor pottet pretty rain Recite round sing sleep smile Speak Spink stars storm sweet swing T. B. ALDRICH T. W. Robertson tadpoles tell tender Tenderly thee There's things thou thro told tree Twas twinkling whisper WILLIAM ALLINGHAM wind wonderful word young
Popular passages
Page 122 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 31 - Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather!
Page 42 - THE mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel ; And the former called the latter ' Little Prig '. Bun replied, ' You are doubtless very big ; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgrace 10 To occupy my place.
Page 46 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger.
Page 100 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 163 - I see it now, that one solitary, adventurous vessel, the May-Flower of a forlorn hope, freighted with the prospects of a future state, and bound across the unknown sea. I behold it pursuing, with a thousand misgivings, the uncertain, the tedious, voyage. Suns rise and set, and weeks and months pass, and winter surprises them on the deep, but brings them not the sight of the wished-for shore.
Page 133 - Modest and shy as a nun is she, One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 59 - Ah! you are so great, and I am so small, I tremble to think of you, World, at all; And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, A whisper inside me seemed to say, "You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
Page 100 - Thanks, thanks to thee , my worthy friend, ' For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought!
Page 140 - As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St.