The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...Phineas Garrett Penn Publishing Company, 1905 - Readers |
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... fell asleep , and , having been condemned to die , was pardoned by the President . They form a brief record of his humble life at home and in the field , and of his glorious death . " Twas in the sultry summer - time , as war's red ...
... fell asleep , and , having been condemned to die , was pardoned by the President . They form a brief record of his humble life at home and in the field , and of his glorious death . " Twas in the sultry summer - time , as war's red ...
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... field , and through the purple tide . The fallen ! And the first who fell in that unequal strife , Was he whom mercy sped to save when justice claimed his life- The pardon'd soldier ! And while yet the conflict raged NUMBER ONE . 15.
... field , and through the purple tide . The fallen ! And the first who fell in that unequal strife , Was he whom mercy sped to save when justice claimed his life- The pardon'd soldier ! And while yet the conflict raged NUMBER ONE . 15.
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... fell from the broken staff , Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned far out on the window - sill , And shook it forth with a royal will . " Shoot , if you must , this old gray head , But spare your country's flag , " she ...
... fell from the broken staff , Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf ; She leaned far out on the window - sill , And shook it forth with a royal will . " Shoot , if you must , this old gray head , But spare your country's flag , " she ...
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... fell ; but his heart was gay , With Sheridan fifteen miles away . Still sprung from those swift hoofs , thundering South , The dust , like smoke from the cannon's mouth ; Or the trail of a comet , sweeping faster and faster , Foreboding ...
... fell ; but his heart was gay , With Sheridan fifteen miles away . Still sprung from those swift hoofs , thundering South , The dust , like smoke from the cannon's mouth ; Or the trail of a comet , sweeping faster and faster , Foreboding ...
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... Fell the snow o'er all the landscape , Fell the covering snow , and drifted Through the forest , round the village . Hardly from his buried wigwam Could the hunter force a passage ; With his mittens and his snow - shoes Vainly walked he ...
... Fell the snow o'er all the landscape , Fell the covering snow , and drifted Through the forest , round the village . Hardly from his buried wigwam Could the hunter force a passage ; With his mittens and his snow - shoes Vainly walked he ...
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Popular passages
Page 6 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just ; And this be our motto :
Page 117 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 70 - Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Nameless here for evermore.
Page 162 - What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Page 162 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 55 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume, And the bridemaidens whispered, "'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 117 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men — The youth in life's green spring, and he who goes In the full strength of years, matron, and maid, The bowed with age, the infant in the smiles And beauty of its innocent age cut off — Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy...
Page 59 - ... rim. Then I cast loose my buffcoat, each holster let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet-name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I...
Page 31 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces ; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered— that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes.
Page 108 - O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings, who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb show and noise. I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod. Pray you avoid it.