...world ! " or the little four-line poem entitled Rain, by Robert Louis. Stevenson, "The rain is rain all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here And on the ships at sea." Similar extracts from our best writers might be put on the board, and each be allowed to remain several...

...faith, may be drawn, one need but turn to this clever exaggeration "of childish inconsequence : — "The rain is raining all around, It falls on field...rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea." Occasionally Stevenson over-reaches in the use of this effect : "The children sing in far Japan, The...

...close I keep Until we reach the town of Sleep. WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly...rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. PIRATE STORY THREE of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us aboard in the basket on the...

...I keep Until we reach the town of Sleep. V WHOLE DUTY OF CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly...rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. PIRATE STORY THREE of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us aboard in the basket on the...

...behave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. VI RAIN '"T"VHE rain is raining all around, I It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. PIRATE STORY THREE of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us aboard in the basket on the...

...Until we reach the Town of Sleep. V WHOLE DUTY OP CHILDREN A CHILD should always say what's true XX And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly...rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. PIRATE STORY nPHREE of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, _L Three of us aboard in the basket on...

...And behave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. RAIN mhLE rain is raining all around, _L It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here. And on the ships at sea. PIRATE STORY of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, _L Three of us aboard in the basket on the lea....

...always say speak when he is spoken to, And^&ehave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able. RAIN. The rain is raining all around, It falls on...rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. LOOKING FORWARD. When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other...

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...will lend a gratified attention. This, they are thinking, is the kind of talk they can understand. The rain is raining all around, It falls on field...rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. 1 I know not what indefinable picture is conjured up in these simple words, of desolate country, shining...