The World and Its People, Libro 3Larkin Dunton Silver, Burdett, 1890 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alleghany Mountains Atlantic banks beautiful Boston bridge broad Buffalo buildings built cable-car called canal Cape Cape Ann Cape Henlopen capital Capitol cars CHAPTER Chesapeake Bay Chicago Chicago River coal coast color comes cotton cross distance England Erie Canal falls farms fence fishing Florida flows fruit goes grain green ground grow harbor hills homes houses Hudson Hudson River hundred Illinois Indian inlets islands Lake Champlain Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario land largest city live look Michigan miles mills Mississippi mountains narrow Newport northern ocean Ohio River oranges park pass Passamaquoddy Bay pleasant Potomac Potomac River prairies railroad ranch ride rocks sails salt sandy seen ships shore side spring steamer steamers go stone stream streets summer tains town train trees valley Vermont walk Washington wheat winter York
Pasajes populares
Página 47 - If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,— One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm.
Página 79 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland. Round about them orchards sweep, Apple and peach tree fruited deep, Fair as a garden of the Lord To the eyes of the famished rebel horde On that pleasant morn of the early fall When Lee marched over the mountain wall,— Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town.
Página 151 - Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals.
Página 55 - And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand.
Página 177 - WE cross the prairie as of old The pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free...
Página 54 - Colder and louder blew the wind, A gale from the northeast, The snow fell hissing in the brine, And the billows frothed like yeast. Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength ; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length.
Página 177 - We go to plant her common schools On distant prairie swells, And give the Sabbaths of the wild The music of her bells. Upbearing, like the Ark of old, The Bible in our van, We go to test the truth of God Against the fraud of man.
Página 61 - Between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York lies a beautiful lake called Lake Champlain.
Página 55 - At daybreak, on the bleak sea-beach, A fisherman stood aghast, To see the form of a maiden fair, Lashed close to a drifting mast. The salt sea was frozen on her breast, The salt tears in her eyes; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow!
Página 114 - Not for thy sheaves nor savannas Crown we thee, proud Illinois! Here in his grave is thy grandeur ; Born of his sorrow thy joy. Only the tomb by Mount Zion Hewn for the Lord do we hold Dearer than his in thy prairies, Girdled with harvests of gold.