The Young Lady's Reader
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217900003
Paperback|9780217900003
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And many a gallant, stayed perforce, Was fain to breathe his faltering horse, And of the trackers of the deer, Scarce half the lessening pack was near; So shrewdly on the mountain side, Had the bold burst their mettle tried. The noble stag was pausing now, Upon the mountain's southern brow, Where broad extended, far beneath, The varied realms of fair Menteith. With anxious eye he wandered o'er Mountain and meadow, moss and moor, And pondered refuge from his toil, By far Lochard or Aberfoyle. But nearer was the copsewood gray, That waved and wept on Loch-Achray, And mingled with the pine-trees blue On the bold cliffs of Benvenue. Fresh vigor with the hope returned, With flying foot the heath he spurned, Held westward with unwearied race, And left behind the panting chase. THE TWO COMETS.?Braiuard. There were two visible at the time this was written; and for the verses, they were, on other accounts, strictly occasional. There once dwelt in Olympus some notable oddities, For their wild singularities called gods and goddesses? But one in particular beat 'em all hollow, Whose name, style, and title, was Phoebus Apollo. Now Phoeb. was a genius?his hand he could turn To any thing, every thing genius can learn: Bright, sensible, graceful, cute, spirited, handy, Well-bred, well-behaved?a celestial dandy An eloquent god, though he didn't say much; But he drew a long bow, spoke Greek, Latin and Dutch; A doctor, a poet, a soarer, a diver, And of horses in harness an excellent driver. He would tackle his steeds to the wheels of the sun, And he drove up the east every morning but one; When young Phaeton begged of his daddy at five, To stay with Aurora a day, and he'd drive. So good-natured Phoebus gave Phaey the seat, With his mittens, change, waybill, and stage-horn ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217900003 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217900003 |
| Weight | 1.49 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.03 In |
| List Price | $25.04 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 462 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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