St. Nicholas, Volume 46, Part 2Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1919 - Children's literature |
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Page 1100 - O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware. The self-same moment I could pray; And from my neck so free The Albatross fell off, and sank Like lead into the sea.
Page 754 - I'll tell thee. He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb : He is meek and he is mild, He became a little child. I a child and thou a lamb, We are called by his name. Little lamb, God bless thee, Little lamb, God bless thee.
Page 899 - In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is : Hit the line hard ; don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard.
Page 779 - Lolotte had disappeared as completely as if the earth had opened and swallowed her.
Page 692 - A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more...
Page 1092 - This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Page 960 - Shanghai, China", were printed. These stamps were intended for sale by the postal agency at Shanghai at their surcharged value in local currency, and were valid to the amount of their original values for the prepayment of postage on mail dispatched from the United States postal agency at Shanghai to addresses in the United States.
Page 926 - Narcissus, for bread is food for the body but Narcissus is food for the soul.