Poems for Our Children: Including Mary Had a Little Lamb : Designed for Families, Sabbath Schools, and Infant Schools : Written to Inculcate Moral Truths and Virtuous SentimentsR. W. Hale, 1916 - 24 pàgines |
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16 CENTRAL ST appear bell ring birds blaze BOSTON breath bright Brighter butterfly cheerful child childhood's choose clouds DEAR CHILDREN doth dull eagle Edition printed fair father fear flew flower friends gentle gloomy glorious glory glow grass great-aunt great-grandpar grieve happy HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY hear hearts heaven holy humble idle INCLUDING MARY knee laugh lesson lightning LITTLE LAMB lofty look lovely land MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY merrily mole morning early mother MOTHER'S SWEET KISS nest o'er obey OVERDUE FEE play pleasant POEMS poppy PRAYER Preface pretty rainbow reprinted rhymes SABBATH MORNING SARAH JOSEPHA HALE school I'll shade sing sink sipped skies smile snow song Soon sport stars storm story summer sunny teach Teacher thee thine thunder toil truth violet WIDENER winds wings winter wrote Mary yonder Young Edward yourselves
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Pàgina 6 - LAMB. Mary had a little lamb ; Its fleece was white as snow; And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.
Pàgina 24 - OUR Father in heaven, We hallow thy name ! May thy kingdom holy On earth be the same ! O, give to us daily Our portion of bread ; It is from thy bounty That all must be fed. 2 Forgive our transgressions, And teach us to know That humble compassion Which pardons each foe : Keep us from temptation, From weakness and sin, And thine be the glory For ever.
Pàgina 7 - Teacher turned him out, But still he lingered near, And waited patiently about, Till Mary did appear; And then he ran to her, and laid His head upon her arm, As if he said - "I'm not afraid You'll keep me from all harm." "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" The eager children cry "O, Mary loves the lamb, you know...
Pàgina 19 - WELCOME, welcome, quiet morning, Welcome is this holy day ; Now the Sabbath morn returning, Says a week has passed away. Let me think how time is passing, Soon the longest life departs, Nothing human is abiding, Save the love of humble hearts. 2 Love to God, and to our neighbor, Makes our purest happiness ; Vain the wish, the care, the labor, Earth's poor trifles to possess. Swift my...
Pàgina 20 - Swift my life's vain dreams are passing ; Like the startled dove they fly, Or the clouds, each other chasing Over yonder quiet sky. 3. Father, now one prayer I raise Thee ; Give an humble, grateful heart ; Never let me cease to praise Thee, Never from Thy fear depart ; Then, when years have gathered o'er me, And the world is sunk in shade, Heaven's bright realm will rise before me ; There my treasure will be laid.
Pàgina 3 - If you like these, I shall soon write the second part, and perhaps I shall make a large book.' "With regard to the story of Mr. Tyler and young John Rowlstone,
Pàgina 5 - Young birds in their pretty nest, I must not in play Steal the birds away, To grieve their mother's breast. My mother, I know, Would sorrow so, Should I be stolen away; So I'll speak to the birds In my softest words, Nor hurt them in my play.
Pàgina 6 - I'm not afraid — You'll keep me from all harm." "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" The eager children cry. "Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know...
Pàgina 6 - He followed her to school one day — That was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school.
Pàgina 10 - The Mole and the Eagle The mole is blind, and under ground, Snug as a nest her home is found; She dwells secure, nor dreams of sight— What need of eyes where all is night! The eagle proudly soars on high, Bright as the sunbeams is his eye— To lofty rocks he wings his way, And sits amid the blaze of day. The mole needs not the eagle's eye, Unless she had his wings to fly— The light of day no joy would give, If under ground...