The illustrated readers, Bücher 2 |
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Seite 124 - We gazed, but not a man could speak! With horror all aghast, In groups, with pallid brow and cheek, We watched the quivering mast. The atmosphere grew thick and hot, And of a lurid hue, As, riveted unto the spot, Stood officers and crew. The father came on deck. He gasped "O God, thy will be done!" Then suddenly a rifle grasped And aimed it at his son ; "Jump — far out, boy, into the wave, Jump, or I fire," he said; "That only chance your life can save!
Seite 124 - We gazed, but not a man could speak, With horror all aghast — In groups, with pallid brow and cheek, We watched the quivering mast. The atmosphere grew thick and hot, And of a lurid hue ; — As riveted unto the spot, Stood officers and crew. The father came on deck :— he gasped, " Oh, God ; thy will be done ! " Then suddenly a rifle grasped, And aimed it at his son. "Jump, far out, boy, into the wave ! Jump, or I fire," he said ; " That only chance your life can save ; Jump, jump, boy !
Seite 75 - Old John, with white hair, Does laugh away care, Sitting under the oak, Among the old folk. They laugh at our play, And soon they all say: 'Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green.
Seite 75 - THE sun does arise And make happy the skies ; The merry bells ring To welcome the spring ; The skylark and thrush, The birds of the bush, Sing louder around To the bells' cheerful sound, While our sports shall be seen On the echoing green.
Seite 11 - SUPPOSE, my little lady, Your doll should break her head, Could you make it whole by crying Till your eyes and' nose are red ? And wouldn't it be pleasanter To treat it as a joke ; And say you're glad " Twas Dolly's And not your head that broke...
Seite 94 - CHILDREN, do you love each other ? Are you always kind and true ? Do you always do to others As you'd have them do to you ? Are you gentle to each other ? Are you careful, day by day, Not to give offence by actions, Or by anything you say...
Seite 39 - Lark," said his titled friend, With a haughty toss and a distant bend; " I also go to my rest profound, But not to sleep on the cold, damp ground. The fittest place for a bird like me Is the topmost bough of yon tall pine-tree.
Seite 11 - Suppose your task, my little man, Is very hard to get; Will it make it any easier For you to sit and fret? And...
Seite 52 - I know only one trick," answered the Cat, meekly. " And pray what is that ? " he asked. " Well," she said, " if the hounds are behind me, I can spring up into a tree and save myself." " Is that all ? " cried the Fox ; " why, I am master of a hundred tricks, and have over and above all a sackful of cunning ; but I pity you, puss; so come with me, and I will teach you how to baffle both men and hounds.
Seite 123 - OLD IRONSIDES at anchor lay, In the harbor of Mahon ; A dead calm rested on the bay, — The waves to sleep had gone; When little Hal, the Captain's sen, . A lad both brave and good, In sport, up shroud and rigging ran, And on the main...