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Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature

Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature

by Horace Elisha Scudder

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Editor
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Leonard D Johnson and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject
Readers
Category
Text
eBook-No.
10294
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10294
Release Date
November 1, 2003
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FOR — SELECTED FROM ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE — PREFACE.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.VERSE AND PROSE FOR BEGINNERS IN READING. — ALPHABET. — A DEWDROP. — BEES. — TO A HONEY-BEE. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — NONSENSE ALPHABET. — THE EGG IN THE NEST. — DAISIES. — SPINNING TOP. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST? — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — HAPPY THOUGHT. — THE SUN'S TRAVELS. — THE SWING. — MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG — RUNAWAY BROOK. — BED IN SUMMER. — AT THE SEASIDE — THE MEETING OF THE SHIPS. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — PRETTY COW. — THE STAR. — MARY'S LAMB. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — WEE WILLIE WINKIE. — SINGING. — THE COW. — GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORNING. — MOTHER'S EYES. — THE LAND OF NOD. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — EPITAPH FOR ROBIN REDBREAST. — "PLAY WITH ME!" — THE PIPER. — INFANT JOY. — THE LAMB. — THE LITTLE BOY LOST. — THE LITTLE BOY FOUND. — ON THE VOWELS. — LETTERS. — ON A CIRCLE. — ARIEL'S SONG. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — SONG. — YOUTH AND AGE. — UPON SUSANNA'S FEET. — UPON A CHILD THAT DIED. — CHERRY-RIPE. — ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — "ONE, TWO, THREE!" — THE BIRD AND ITS NEST. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — WINDY NIGHTS. — NONSENSE VERSES. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — SONG. — SWEET AND LOW. — AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF. — "BREAK, BREAK, BREAK!" — THE ARROW AND THE SONG. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR. — THE OWL. — THE OWL THE PUSSY-CAT. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — FABLE. — WRITTEN IN MARCH — THOSE EVENING BELLS. — TO A BUTTERFLY. — PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS. — LUCY. — LUCY GRAY, OR SOLITUDE. — POOR SUSAN.

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