All the Year Round: WinterGinn, 1896 |
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Page 85 - Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them
Page 79 - THE PALM-TREE, Is it the palm, the cocoa-palm, On the Indian Sea, by the isles of balm? Or is it a ship in the breezeless calm? A ship whose keel is of palm beneath, Whose ribs of palm have a palm-bark sheath, And a rudder of palm it steereth with. Branches of palm are its spars and rails, Fibres of palm are its woven sails, And the rope is of palm that idly trails ! What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell.
Page 54 - But when did that happen? Why, it was one morning that people came and rummaged in the garret: the boxes were put away, and the Tree...
Page 46 - I am clad in needles — Hateful things ! " he cried ; " All the trees about me Laugh in scornful pride. Broad their leaves and fair to see ; Worthless needles cover me. " Ah, could I have chosen, Then, instead of these, Shining leaves should crown me, Shaming all the trees. Broad as theirs and brighter, Dazzling to behold ; All of gleaming silver — Aye, of burnished gold. Then the rest would weep and sigh ; None would be so fine as I.
Page 49 - Once again his wish he had. Broad his leaves and fragrant, Rich were they and fine, Till a goat at noon-day Halted there to dine. Then her kids came skipping Round the fated tree ; All his leaves could scarcely Make a meal for three. Every tender bud was nipt, Every branch and twig was stripped Then the wretched Pine-tree Cried in deep despair, " Would I had my needles ; They were green and fair. Never would I change them," Sighed the little tree ; :'Just as nature gave them They were best for me.
Page 80 - And, in the hour of his great release, His need of the palm shall only cease With the shroud wherein he lieth in peace.
Page 47 - Slept the little Pine-tree When the night came down, While the leaves he wished for Budded on his crown. All the forest wondered, At the dawn, to see What a golden fortune Decked this little tree. Then he sang and laughed aloud; Glad was he and very proud. Foolish little Pine-tree ! At the close of day, Thro' the gloomy twilight, Came a thief that way.
Page 58 - I tell it now— How Santa Claus, Out of the northern land, Over the seas, Soon shall come seeking you, Evergreen trees ! Seek you with reindeer, soon, Over the snow, And so Little evergreens grow ! Grow, grow...
Page 98 - Good-by, Good-by." Little Jack Frost tripped 'round and 'round, Spreading white snow on the frozen ground, Nipping the breezes, icing the streams, Chilling the warmth of the sun's bright beams. But when Dame Nature brought back the spring, Brought back the birds to chirp and sing, Melted the snow and warmed the sky, Little Jack Frost went pouting by. The flowers opened their eyes of blue, Green buds peeped out and grasses grew; It was so warm and scorched him so, Little Jack Frost was glad to go.
Page 80 - Cargo and ship from the bounteous palm. In the cabin he sits, on a palm-mat soft ; From a beaker of palm his drink is quaffed ; And a palm-thatch shields from the sun aloft...