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الصفحة 34
... kind of an animal he was . I was a shepherd for two years on the same farm , where I had always about seven hundred lambs put under my charge every year , at weaning - time . As they were of the short , or black - faced breed , the ...
... kind of an animal he was . I was a shepherd for two years on the same farm , where I had always about seven hundred lambs put under my charge every year , at weaning - time . As they were of the short , or black - faced breed , the ...
الصفحة 35
... kind of bleating to be heard , and we discovered , with vexation , that we had come on a wrong track . My companion then bent his course towards the farm of Glen , on the north , and I ran away westward for several miles , along the ...
... kind of bleating to be heard , and we discovered , with vexation , that we had come on a wrong track . My companion then bent his course towards the farm of Glen , on the north , and I ran away westward for several miles , along the ...
الصفحة 37
... kind I had ever seen per- formed , and the minute and a half or more in which we waited for the shaking of the lines , which was the signal for us to haul up , seemed to me a period of nearly ten minutes . All came up within a few ...
... kind I had ever seen per- formed , and the minute and a half or more in which we waited for the shaking of the lines , which was the signal for us to haul up , seemed to me a period of nearly ten minutes . All came up within a few ...
الصفحة 45
... kind of black cloud , hovering over the field . After taking a short round , they settled again , and presently rose again in the same manner . I dare say there were hundreds of them . Mr. A. Perhaps so ; for in the fenny countries EYES ...
... kind of black cloud , hovering over the field . After taking a short round , they settled again , and presently rose again in the same manner . I dare say there were hundreds of them . Mr. A. Perhaps so ; for in the fenny countries EYES ...
الصفحة 52
... kind of screen ; every now and then , however , he stopped to listen , and sometimes to take a most cautious peep into the field . When he had done this , he laid himself down in a convenient posture for springing upon his prey , only ...
... kind of screen ; every now and then , however , he stopped to listen , and sometimes to take a most cautious peep into the field . When he had done this , he laid himself down in a convenient posture for springing upon his prey , only ...
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الصفحة 109 - The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.
الصفحة 100 - They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
الصفحة 109 - Last night, the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pips, And a scornful laugh laughed he.
الصفحة 92 - ... it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak Now towering to the skies! When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my hand— Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand. My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend! Here shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree! the storm still brave! And,...
الصفحة 110 - Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone, Now tell me the reason, I pray. In the days of my youth...
الصفحة 117 - For my heart was hot and restless, And my life was full of care, And the burden laid upon me Seemed greater than I could bear. But now it has fallen from me, It is buried in the sea; And only the sorrow of others Throws its shadow over me.
الصفحة 116 - I saw her bright reflection In the waters under me, Like a golden goblet falling And sinking into the sea.
الصفحة 94 - THE Frost looked forth one still, clear night, And whispered, " Now I shall be out of sight ; So through the valley and over the height In silence I'll take my way; I will not go .on, like that blustering train, The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain, But I'll be as busy as they.
الصفحة 89 - INTO the sunshine, Full of the light, Leaping and flashing From morn till night; Into the moonlight, Whiter than snow, Waving so flower-like When the winds blow; Into the starlight Rushing in spray, Happy at midnight, Happy by day; Ever in motion, Blithesome and cheery, Still climbing heavenward, Never aweary; Glad of all weathers, Still seeming best, Upward or downward, Motion thy rest; Full of a nature Nothing can tame, Changed every moment, Ever the same; Ceaseless aspiring, Ceaseless content,...
الصفحة 99 - No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was still as she could be, Her sails from heaven received no motion, Her keel was steady in the ocean.