Hazen's Complete Spelling-book: For All Grades of Public and Private Schools : Containing Three Parts : Adapted to Primary, Intermediate, Grammar and High Schools |
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Page 23 - THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, — a shining frame, — Their great Original proclaim. The...
Page 31 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 29 - HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower...
Page 83 - DC, District of Columbia. DCL, Doctor of Civil Law. DD, Doctor of Divinity.
Page 20 - One by one the sands are flowing, One by one the moments fall; Some are coming, some are going; Do not strive to grasp them all. One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each, Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach.
Page 14 - O'er the darkest night of sorrow, From the deadliest field of strife, Dawns a clearer, brighter morrow, SPRINGS A TRUER, NOBLER LIFE...
Page 3 - They fought like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain; They conquered — but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 23 - The brightest stars are burning suns ; The deepest water stillest runs ; The laden bee the lowest flies ; The richest mine the deepest lies ; The stalk that's most replenished, Doth bow the most its modest head. Thus, deep Humility we find The mark of every...
Page 82 - Bachelor of Arts. Bart, or Bt., Baronet. BC, Before Christ. BCL, Bachelor of Civil Law. BD, Bachelor of Divinity.