PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS

WINDY NIGHTS _Robert Louis Stevenson_

NONSENSE VERSES _Edward Lear_

PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS

SONG _Robert Burns_

SWEET AND LOW _Alfred Tennyson_

AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF _Isaac Watts_

"BREAK, BREAK, BREAK" _Alfred Tennyson_

THE ARROW AND THE SONG _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_

PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS

THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR _Edward Lear_

THE OWL _Alfred Tennyson_

THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT _Edward Lear_

PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS

FABLE _Ralph Waldo Emerson_

WRITTEN IN MARCH _William Wordsworth_

THOSE EVENING BELLS _Thomas Moore_

TO A BUTTERFLY _William Wordsworth_

PROVERBS AND POPULAR SAYINGS

LUCY _William Wordsworth_

LUCY GRAY, OR SOLITUDE _William Wordsworth_

POOR SUSAN _William Wordsworth_

VERSE AND PROSE FOR BEGINNERS IN READING.

ALPHABET.

A was an apple-pie;
B bit it;
C cut it;
D dealt it;
E ate it;
F fought for it;
G got it;
H had it;
J joined it;
K kept it;
L longed for it:
M mourned for it;
N nodded at it;
O opened it;
P peeped into it;
Q quartered it;
R ran for it;
S stole it;
T took it;
V viewed it;
W wanted it;
X, Y, Z, and amperse-and,
All wished for a piece in hand.

A DEWDROP.

Little drop of dew,
Like a gem you are;
I believe that you
Must have been a star.

When the day is bright,
On the grass you lie;
Tell me then, at night
Are you in the sky?

BEES.

Bees don't care about the snow;
I can tell you why that's so:

Once I caught a little bee
Who was much too warm for me!

* * * * *

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,
Three bags full;

One for my master,
And one for my dame,
But none for the little boy
Who cries in the lane.

* * * * *

Bless you, bless you, burnie bee;
Say, when will your wedding be?
If it be to-morrow day,
Take your wings and fly away.

* * * * *

Bow, wow, wow,
Whose dog art thou?