...sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down ? 4. The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof. 5. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert That in heaven or near it Pourest thy full heart....

...chicken had a plaintive voice and he was telling a tale of woe to the mother-hen. 5. The little bird heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him winter-proof. 6. Be noble, and the nobleness that lies In other men, sleeping but never dead, Will rise in majesty...

...Down swept the chill wind from the mountain peak, It carried a shiver everywhere From the unleafed boughs and pastures bare; The little brook heard it...roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof. No mortal builder's most rare device Could match this winter-palace of ice; 'Twas as if every image...

...apostrophe is used: 1. To indicate ownership. Mr. Gathergold's bed. 2. To indicate the omission of letters. The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof. 3. Sometimes to form plurals, p's and q's, 3's and 5's. QUOTATION MARKS Quotation marks are used: 1....

...perfect days ; Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. 19. The little brook heard it, and built a roof 'Neath...spars As the lashes of light that trim the stars. 20. Pie was a pleasant appearing man of two or three and twenty, of medium stature, with dark gray...

...When the chill wind crept down from the mountain peak, covered with snow five thousand summers old, "The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Neath...gleams He groined his arches and matched his beams; He sculptured every summer delight In his halls and chambers out of sight; and here He had caught the...

...the mountain peak, covered with snow five thousand summers old, "The little brook heard it and biiilt a roof 'Neath which he could house him, winter-proof...gleams He groined his arches and matched his beams ; He sculptured every summer delight In his halls and chambers out of sight; • . . . and here He...

...fairies," I said, and I thought of Lowell's little brook, which, hearing a wintry blast, " . . . . built a roof, "Neath which he could house him, winter-proof;...spars As the lashes of light that trim the stars: ****** Sometimes the roof no fretwork knew But silvery mosses that downward grew; Sometimes it was...

...whirled it like sleet on the wanderer's cheek; It carried a shiver everywhere 180 From the unleafed boughs and pastures bare ; The little brook heard...gleams He groined his arches and matched his beams; 185 Slender and clear were his crystal spars As the lashes of light that trim the stars; He sculptured...

...whirled it like sleet on the wanderer's cheek; It carried a shiver everywhere 180 From the unleafed boughs and pastures bare; The little brook heard it and built a roof 'Xeath which he could house him, winter-proof; All night by the white stars' frosty gleams He groined...