Standard Catholic Readers by Grades: Third-[seventh] years

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American Book Company, 1913
 

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Página 43 - I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years. So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on, O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone; And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since,
Página 153 - dance Against my sandy shallows. I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses; And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. — ALFRED TENNYSON. THE
Página 214 - OUR COUNTRY AND OUR HOME There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night: A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth : The wandering mariner whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores,
Página 150 - brought home the intelligence that Ichabod Crane was still alive; that he had left the neighborhood, partly through fear of the goblin and the farmer whose horse he had ridden, and partly for other reasons; that he had changed his quarters to a distant part of the country, had kept school and studied law,
Página 151 - that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell. — WASHINGTON IRVING/ THE BLUEBIRD When God had made a host of them, One little flower still lacked a stem To hold its blossom blue; So into it He breathed a song, And suddenly, with petals strong As wings, away it flew.
Página 151 - knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin, which led some to suppose that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell.
Página 83 - Earth, one time, put on a frolic mood, Heaved the rocks and changed the mighty motion Of the deep, strong currents of the ocean; Moved the plain and shook the haughty wood, Crushed the little fern in soft moist clay, Covered it, and hid it safe away. Oh, the long, long centuries since that day
Página 211 - stepped out and knelt down upon the beach and gave thanks to God; then he took possession of the island in the name of the king and queen of Spain, and called it San Salvador. It was thus that the first land in America was discovered on the 12th of
Página 131 - VER. Open his vest And give him air. (ALBERT opens his father's vest, and the arrow drops. TELL starts, fixes his eye upon ALBERT, and clasps him to his breast.) TELL. My boy! my boy! GES. For what Hid you that arrow in your breast? Speak, slave! TELL. To kill thee, tyrant, had I slain my boy! THE
Página 150 - whose horse he had ridden, and partly for other reasons; that he had changed his quarters to a distant part of the country, had kept school and studied law,

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