 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS. Henry Wadaworth Longfellow. " L'e'ternitfi est une pcndale, dont le balancier... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then as I am listening now. 4.— THE CATARACT OP LODORE. ROBERT SOUTHEY. [Seepage 110.J How does the water come down at Lodore... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground. Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. POETICAL GEMS.* SMOOTH run the waters where the brook is deep. Shakspere's Henry VI. An honest man's... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! 21. Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...The world should listen then, as I am listening now ! The Fugitives. l. The waters are flashing, The white hail is dashing, The lightnings are glancing,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 396 pages
...than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground 5 " Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...world should listen then, as I am listening now." ' Noble ' example for 'pure tone,' to le given also with full 'median stress.' contribute also to produce,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground. Teach me half the gladness That thy...lips would flow, The world should listen then, as 1 am listening now. THE SENSITIVE PLANT* A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds ted... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. THE FUGITIVES. HPHE waters are flashing, •*- The white hail is dashing, The lightnings are glancing,... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 pages
...and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground. Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now EXERCISE.— OS. COMPOSITION. 1. What is meant by trochaic measure J What la the length of each of... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...delightful sound, Better than all treasures that in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness that thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. CXXX. — THE FATAL BRAWL. The following dialogue is founded on an actual occurrence which took place... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground. Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. TO A BEE.— (Robert Soutliey.) Thou wert out betimes, thou busy, busy bee ! As abroad I took my early... | |
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Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to... 
