 | 1895 - 748 էջ
...measure of the value of the study." THE VESPER-SPARROW. EDITH M. THOMAS. It comes from childhood's land, Where summer days are long And summer eves are...The evening star has heard, And flutters into sight; O childhood's vesper-bird, My heart calls back, Good night. From ''In Sunshine Land." MOTHER-PLAY BOOK... | |
 | Edith Matilda Thomas - 1895 - 192 էջ
...beast and bird, Thus I greet ye, — wish ye cheer, Now at midnight of the year ! THE VESPER-SPARROW T comes from childhood land, Where summer days are long...The evening star has heard, And flutters into sight ; O childhood's vesper-bird, My heart calls back, Good Night. THE SINGING TREES IN THE ORCHARD HITE... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1901 - 388 էջ
...Summer, Winter, Fall, and Spring. THE VESPER SPARROW By Edith M. 'Thomas T comes from childhood land, I Upon a pasture stone, Against the fading west, A small...The evening star has heard, And flutters into sight ; O childhood's vesper-bird, My heart calls back, Good-Night. THE GRASSHOPPER By Edith M. Thomas IHUTTLE... | |
 | 1904 - 554 էջ
...Dcs'r J unspeakably to be a bird ? — Edgar fawcett 22 "The bird that sings at Heaven's gate." 23 Upon a pasture stone Against the fading west, A small...The evening star has heard, And flutters into sight. O childhood's vesper-bird, My heart calis back, '• Good-night." — Edith M. Thomas Each Bird's Compass... | |
 | William Franklin Webster, Alice Woodworth Cooley - 1904 - 246 էջ
...heaven is hid Behind the globe. 17. . The vain young Night Tremhles o'er her own beauty in the sea. 18. Upon a pasture stone, Against the fading west, A small bird sings alone. PHRASES IN THE PREDICATE. 59. Sometimes a phrase in the predicate is a predicate attribute ; sometimes... | |
 | William Franklin Watson - 1904 - 244 էջ
...heaven is hid Behind the globe. 17. The vain young Night Trembles o'er her own beauty in the sea. 18. Upon a pasture stone, Against the fading west, A small bird sings alone. PHRASES IN THE PREDICATE. 59. Sometimes a phrase in the predicate is a predicate attribute ; sometimes... | |
 | Connecticut. State Board of Education - 1906 - 898 էջ
...singing from late afternoon until twilight has given it the name of Vesper Sparrow. THE VESPER SPARROW It comes from childhood land, Where summer days are...vesper bird, My heart calls back Good night. — Edith Thomas i TREE SPARROW i SNOW FLAKE SNOWFLAKE: Plectrophanes nivalis. WV Snow Bunting Plate VI Fig.... | |
 | Alice Woodworth Cooley - 1909 - 424 էջ
...then, Is relished by the wisest men. 15. The wild November comes at last Beneath a veil of rain. 16. Upon a pasture stone, Against the fading west, A small bird sings alone. Composition For the lesson in Composition, see page 211, Section 15. Section 25. Phrases in the Predicate... | |
 | New York State College of Agriculture - 1915 - 1354 էջ
...SPARROW VESPER SPARROW HOUSE, OR ENGLISH, SPARROW MALE AND FEMALE THE VESPER SPARROW ' EDITH M. THOMAS It comes from childhood land, Where summer days are...The evening star has heard, And flutters into sight; O childhood's vesper-bird, My heart calls back, Good-Night. 1 Reprinted by coortecy of Hough ton Mifflin... | |
 | Abby Peirce Churchill - 1911 - 236 էջ
...soul-uplifting day. NELTJE BLANCHAN. Bird Neighbors.23 The Vesper Sparrow It comes from childhood's land, Where summer days are long And summer eves are...west, A small bird sings alone, Then dives and finds his nest. The evening star has heard, And flutters into sight; O childhood's vesper-bird, My heart... | |
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It comes from childhood land, Where summer days are long And summer eves are bland, — A lulling good-night song. Upon a pasture stone, Against the fading west, A small bird sings alone, Then dives and finds its nest. The evening star has heard, And... 
