The national illustrated reading and spelling book for the young

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Allen, 1858 - 118 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 74 - SPEAK gently ! it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently ! let not harsh words mar The good we might do here.
Pàgina 73 - January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. March brings breezes loud and shrill, Stirs the dancing daffodil. April brings the primrose sweet, Scatters daisies at our feet. May brings flocks of pretty lambs, Skipping by their fleecy dams. June brings tulips, lilies, roses, Fills the children's hands with posies. Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots, and gilliflowers.
Pàgina 71 - Direct, control, suggest this day, All I design, or do, or say ; That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite...
Pàgina 74 - HIGHER, higher will we climb Up the mount of glory, That our names may live through time In our country's story ; Happy, when her welfare calls, He who conquers, he who falls. Deeper, deeper let us toil In the mines of knowledge ; Nature's wealth and learning's spoil Win from school and college ; Delve we there for richer gems Than the stars of diadems.
Pàgina 73 - August brings the sheaves of corn, Then the harvest home is borne. Warm September brings the fruit, Sportsmen then begin to shoot. Fresh October brings the pheasant, Then to gather nuts is pleasant. Dull November brings the blast. Then the leaves are whirling fast Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire and Christmas treat.
Pàgina 74 - Speak gently to the little child ! Its love be sure to gain ; Teach it in accents soft and mild ; It may not long remain.
Pàgina 79 - He gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God almighty, who has made all things well...
Pàgina 88 - THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree, and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Pàgina 71 - All that you do, Do with your might; Things done by halves Are never done right.
Pàgina 73 - A boy who always spoke the truth, And never, never told a lie. And when he trotted off to school The children all about would cry, " There goes the curly-headed boy, The boy who never tells a lie.

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