Good words for the young, ed. by N. Macleod, Svazek 2Norman Macleod 1869 |
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Strana 162 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Strana 532 - Where did you get that little tear? I found it waiting when I got here. What makes your forehead so smooth and high? A soft hand stroked it as I went by.
Strana 83 - A land of love and a land of light, Withouten sun, or moon, or night ; Where the river swa'da living stream, And the light a pure celestial beam ; The land of vision, it would seem, A still, an everlasting dream.
Strana 83 - For Kilmeny had been she knew not where, And Kilmeny had seen what she could not declare ; Kilmeny had been where the cock never crew, Where the rain never fell, and the wind never blew. But...
Strana 551 - Help the weak if you are strong, Love the old if you are young ; . Own a fault if you are wrong, If you're angry hold your tongue. In each duty Lies a beauty, If your eyes you do not shut, Just as surely And securely As a kernel in a nut.
Strana 302 - I don't know what a riddle is," said Diamond. "It's something that means something else, and you've got to find out what the something else is." Mr. Raymond liked the old-fashioned riddle best, and had written a few — one of which he now read. I have only one foot, but thousands of toes; My one foot stands, but never goes. I have many arms, and they're mighty all; And hundreds of fingers, large and small. From the ends of my fingers my beauty grows. I breathe with my hair, and I drink with my toes....
Strana 551 - WHATSOE'ER you find to do, Do it, boys, with all your might ! Never be a little true, Or a little in the right. Trifles even Lead to heaven, Trifles make the life of man ; So in all things, Great or small things, Be as thorough as you can.
Strana 532 - Feet, whence did you come, you darling things ? from the same box as the cherubs' wings. How did they all come to be you ? God thought about me, and so I grew.
Strana 159 - ... much bigger than keyholes) full of curiosities. He has got a piece of mistletoe, and wants to know what it is ; and he has seen a woodpecker, and a wheatear, and gathered strange flowers...
Strana 159 - While many a vacant, thoughtless youth is whirled throughout Europe, without gaining a single idea worth crossing a street for, the observing eye and inquiring mind, find matter of improvement and delight, in every ramble in town and country. Do you then William, continue to make use of your eyes; and you Robert, learn that eyes were given you to use.