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Birds of a Feather.Birds of a feather flock together
And so do pigs and swine;
Rats and mice will have their choice,
And so will l have mine.
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Bless You, Bless You, Bonnie Bee.
Bless you, bless you, bonnie Bee!
Say, when will my wedding be?If it be tomorrow day,
Take your wings and fly away.
Fly away east or fly away west,
And show me where he lives who loves me best!
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Bow, wow, says the Dog.Bow, wow, says the dog;
Mew, mew, says the cat;Grunt, grunt, goes the hog;
And squeak goes the rat.
Tu-whu, says the owl;
Caw, caw, says the crow;
Quack, quack, says the duck;
And what the sparrow says, you know.
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Boys And Girls Come Out to Play (1).Boys and girls come out to play,
The moon doth shine as bright as day.
Leave your supper and leave your sleep,
And join your playfellows in the street.
Boys and girls come out to play,
The moon doth shine as bright as day.
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Leave your supper and leave your sleep,
And join your playfellows in the street.
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"Come, while it spins round, try your luck;
Come, E-thel, and Kate, and your bro-thers!
On two ends two ap-ples are stuck,
And an on-ion on each of the o-thers.
Be ready, and snap as they pass,
Be quick, if you mean to be right,
Or not the sweet ap-ples, a-las!'Twill be, but the on-ions, you'll bite."
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MILK-ING TIME.
Through the long day the cows are seen
All graz-ing as they go,
Wan-der-ing a-long the mea-dows green
Where yel-low hawk-weeds grow.
But when the clock with-in the tower
Strikes five, they al-ways pace
Slow-lyfor well they know the hour
Home to the milk-ing place.
Then in the yard quite still they stand,
Swing-ing their la-zy tails,
Where Ann and Su-san are at hand
With stools and milk-ing pails
I love to see the white milk flow,
And in the pail froth up;
And Ann, who is so kind, I know,
Will let me fill my cup.
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AU-TUMN.
"Be glad then, and re-joice in the Lord your God."JOEL ii. 23.
'Tis au-tumn now; the corn is cut,
But o-ther gifts for us are spread,
The pur-ple plum, the ripe brown nut,
And pears and ap-ples, streaked with red,
A-mong the dark-green branch-es shine,
Or on the grass be-neath them fall;
While full green clus-ters deck the vine
That trails o'er trel-lis, roof, and wall.
In our dear land the la-den trees
Be-speak God's pro-vi-dence and love;
He sends all need-ful gifts like these
For those who trust in Him a-bove.
How good is He to make such choice
Of plea-sant fruits for us to grow!
'Tis meet, in-deed, that we re-joice
In Him who loves His chil-dren so.
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THE SQUIR-REL.
"Squir-rel, squir-rel, brown and brisk,
High a-bove me in the tree,
I can see you bound and frisk,
I can see you peep at me.
"Squir-rel, squir-rel, you can play;
Mer-rier beast is none than you;
Yet you are not only gay,
You are wise and mer-ry too.
You can play till sum-mer's o'er,
And the nuts come fall-ing free,
Then to hoard your win-ter storeYou are busy as a bee.
"Squir-rel, squir-rel, I would bound
Gai-ly at my sports as you,
And, like you, I would be found
Care-ful for the fu-ture too."
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"CON-TRA-RY WINDS"
Both Tom and Will had e-qual skill
In mak-ing lit-tle boats and ships;
They cut a-way a whole half day,
And co-vered all the floor with chips.
And when the boys had made their toys,
They thought to put them to the test
To try which boat, when set a-float,
Would sail a-cross a tub the best.
But Will and Tom, each blow-ing from
A dif-fe-rent side, you well may guess,
No boats could go straight on, and so
They tacked a-bout in great dis-tress.
Such heavy gales a-gainst their sails
Made both the boats go whirl-ing round;
The sails got wet, the boats up-set,
And all the crew on board were drowned.
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BAT-TLE-DORE AND SHUT-TLE-COCK.
See these mer-ry chil-dren four,
Now their les-son time is o'er,
Deal-ing with the bat-tle-dore
Steady blow on blow;
Till the fea-thered shut-tle-cocks
Fly at their al-ter-nate knocks,
"Re-gu-lar as kitch-en clocks,"
Spin-ning to and fro.
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THE CON-CERT.
"See how it rains! We can-not go
Our walk a-cross the fields; and so,
Since Tom and Et-tie Holmes are come,
And cous-in Fred has brought his drum,
And some can sing, and o-thers play,
We'll have a con-cert here to-day.
You, Tom, must in the mid-dle stand,
And mark the time, with stick in hand;
You, bro-ther Ben, the tongs must take,
For they will good tri-an-gles make;
Hal clicks the 'bones,' and Em-me-line
Will beat her lit-tle tam-bour-ine,
And cous-in Fred will drum a-way,
And Kate the con-cer-ti-na play.
All must at-tend to Tom; and mind
None play too fast, nor lag be-hind;
And then, I'm sure, we all shall see
How grand a con-cert this will be,
And say this is the wis-est way
To spend this wet Oc-to-ber day."
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CAUGHT IN THE FOG.
Anne and Jane will long re-mem-her
How, one morn-ing in No-vem-ber,
As they both were home-ward stroll-ing,
Round the Lon-don fog came roll-ing
First, a yel-low dark-ness fall-ing,
Then a noise of link-boys call-ing,
Cab, and 'bus, and cart-wheels rum-bling,
Hor-ses on the pave-ment stum-bling,
Peo-ple, in the smoke and smo-ther,
Run-ning up a-gainst each other,
No one see-ing, much less know-ing,
Whi-ther he or she was go-ing.
Little Jane clung to her sis-ter,
While Anne com-fort-ed and kissed her,
For the girls felt bro-ken-heart-ed,
Fear-ing lest they should be part-ed.
So they were when Char-lie found them,
Lost a-mid the crowd a-round them,
But so glad when they es-pied him,
And came trip-ping home beside him.
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PLAY-ING WITH WOOD-EN BRICKS.
An In-di-an tem-ple on the floor
The chil-dren build with wood-en bricks,
They've placed two pil-lars by the door,
And on the roof they now would fix
A good tall spire, so Et-ty takesA long-er brick, and sets it there;
And though when-e'er we walk it shakes,
It will not tum-ble, I de-clare!
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TRUST IN GOD.
"He ma-keth light-nings for the rain; He bring-eth the wind out of His trea-sur-ies."Ps.
CXXXV. 7.
Our God who reign-est up on high,
Though light-nings flash a-cross the sky,
And howl-ing tem-pests hur-ry by,
We fear not these, for Thou art nigh
To all who trust in Thee.
Though now the sky is o-ver-cast,
And hea-vy rains are fall-ing fast,And storm and sleet go driv-ing past,
And day by day the moan-ing blast
Sweeps dead leaves from the tree,
No-vem-ber time, that seems so drear,
When days are dark and win-ter near,
Will pass at length, and Christ-mas cheer
The last hours of the dy-ing year
With song and dance and mirth.
And in due time Thy mighty pow-er
Will give the spring, with sun and shower,
The o-pen-ing leaf, the ear-ly flow-er,
And birds in e-ve-ry wood-land bow-er
Will sing to glad-den earth.
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HOME FROM SCHOOL.
Come, Meg and El-len, don't com-plain,
For, see, the geese en-joy the rain,
And dog-gie docs not fret;
And yet,
The drops come rol-ling down his ears,
And nose, and whisk-ers, just like tears;
Poor Mop, he's drip-ping wet!
Our big um-brel-la co-vers three,
And snug and dry we all may be,
And chat-ter as we go,
And show
The grumb-ling peo-ple whom we meet
That nei-ther wind, nor driv-ing sleet,
Can spoil our tem-pers.No,
We will not take such days as this,
Nor any-thing God sends, a-miss,
But what we can-not cure
Endure;
And this will prove a Gold-en Rule
To prac-tise as we walk from school
Of that we may be sure.
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THE KIT-TENS' BATH.
One day when Lil-lie saw her cat
Sit down and lick a kit-ten's face;
"No, puss," said she, "don't wash like that
My bath will be the pro-per place.
"I'll show you how to wash them, puss."
So in she dipped them one by one;
Poor Min-nie mewed and made a fuss,
But Lil-lie only thought it fun.
Puss feared her lit-tle kits would drown,
And did her best to get them out;
While Lil-lie dipped them up and down,And splashed the wa-ter all a-bout.
Till nurse came up and saw the mess,
Took out the kit-tens, and instead
Made thought-less Lil-lie quite un-dress,
And have her bath and go to bed.
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TURN-ING THE TRENCH-ER.
If, at this old Christ-mas game,
Kate, who spins the trench-er, call
Any play-er out by name,
He must catch it ere it fall.
If "Move all" she should re-peat,
All sit still; but if she say
"Twi-light," each must change his seat,
Or a for-feit he must pay.
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THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST.
The East-ern sages watched the sky,
They looked from night till morn,
There shone a bright, new star on high,
They knew that Christ was born.
Then up they rose, and came from far,
They jour-neyed night and day,
Led by the shin-ing of that star,
And found Him where He lay.
There is not any need for us
To leave our homes be-hind,
Through dis-tant lands to tra-vel thus
The Son of God to find.
For home to us each Christ-mas Day
The new-born Sa-vi-our brings;
Then shall we not our hom-age pay
Like those good East-ern kings?
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Aesop's Fables
The Dog and the Shadow
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in
peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As hecrossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was
another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he made a
snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, droppedinto the water and was never seen more.
'BEWARE LEST YOU LOSE THE SUBSTANCE BY GRASPING AT THE SHADOW.'
The Ant and the Grasshopper
In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart'scontent. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
'Why not come and chat with me,' said the Grasshopper, 'instead of toiling and moiling in thatway?''I am helping to lay up food for the winter,' said the Ant, 'and recommend you to do the same.'
'Why bother about winter?' said the Grasshopper; 'we have got plenty of food at present.' But the
Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food,and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain fromthe stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew
'IT IS BEST TO PRERARE FOR THE DAYS OF NECESSITY.'
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
A wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd andhis dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put
it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The Lamb that belonged to the sheep,whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing; so, leading
the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her, and for some time he succeeded in
deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.
'APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE.'
The Shepherd's Boy
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a
dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could geta little company and some excitement. He rushed down towards the village calling out 'Wolf,Wolf,' and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a
considerable time. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same
trick, and again the villagers came to his help. But shortly after this a Wolf actually did come outfrom the forest, and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out 'Wolf, Wolf,' still
louder than before. But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the
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boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. So the Wolf made a good
meal off the boy's flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of the village said:
'A LIAR WILL NOT BE BELIEVED, EVEN WHEN HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH.'
The Goose with the Golden Eggs
One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and
glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because
he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soonfound to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and
he soon became rich by selling his eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy; and thinking to get at
once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find,nothing.'GREED OFT O'ERREACHES ITSELF.'
The Fox, the Cock, and the Dog
One moonlight night a Fox was prowling about a farmer's hencoop, and saw a Cock roostinghigh up beyond his reach. 'Good news, good news!' he cried.'Why, what is that?' said the Cock.
'King Lion has declared a universal truce. No beast may hurt a bird henceforth, but all shall dwell
together in brotherly friendship.''Why, that is good news,' said the Cock; 'and there I see some one coming, with whom we canshare the good tidings.' And so saying he craned his neck forward and looked afar off.
'What is it you see?' said the Fox.
'It is only my master's Dog that is coming towards us. What, going so soon?' he continued, as theFox began to turn away as soon as he had heard the news. 'Will you not stop and congratulate the
Dog on the reign of universal peace?'
'I would gladly do so,' said the Fox, 'but I fear he may not have heard of King Lion's decree.''CUNNING OFTEN OUTWITS ITSELF.'
The Wind and the Sun
The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller
coming down the road, and the Sun said: 'I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us cancause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin.' So the Sun
retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the
harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind
had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller,who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.
'KINDNESS EFFECTS MORE THAN SEVERITY.'
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
A man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market. As they were walking along by
its side a countryman passed them and said: 'You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon?'
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So the Man put the Boy on the Donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a
group of men, one of whom said: 'See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.'
So the Man ordered his Boy to get off, and got on himself. But they hadn't gone far when theypassed two women, one of whom said to the other: 'Shame on that lazy lout to let his poor little
son trudge along.'
Well, the Man didn't know what to do, but at last he took his Boy up before him on the Donkey.By this time they had come to the town, and the passers-by began to jeer and point at them. TheMan stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: 'Aren't you ashamed of
yourself for overloading that poor Donkey of yoursyou and your hulking son?'
The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, till at lastthey cut down a pole, tied the Donkey's feet to it, and raised the pole and the Donkey to their
shoulders. They went along amid the laughter of all who met them till they came to Market
Bridge, when the Donkey, getting one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop
his end of the pole. In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge, and his fore-feet being tiedtogether he was drowned.
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As society is now constituted, a literal adherence to the moral precepts scattered throughout the
Gospels would mean sudden death.
Both read the Bible day & night
But thou read'st black where I read white.
Had the Bible been in clear straightforward language, had the ambiguities and contradictionsbeen edited out, and had the language been constantly modernised to accord with contemporary
taste it would almost certainly have been, or become, a work of lesser influence.
He will find one English book and one only, where, as in theIliaditself, perfect plainness of
speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and that book is the Bible.
I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God,
is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaningand doctrine of the same.
I didn't write the Bible and didn't invent sin.
I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes
I want to know one thingthe way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God himselfhas condescended to teach the way; for this very end he came from heaven. He hath written it
down in a book. O give me that book!
The Bible is literature, not dogma.
The English Bible, a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone
suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.
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There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltairepoison and antidote
We present you with this Book, the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is wisdom;
this is the royal Law; these are the lively Oracles of God.
The American Standard translation orders men to triumph over sin...The King James translation
makes a promise in 'Thou shalt,' meaning that men will surely triumph over sin. But the Hebrewword, the word timshel'Thou mayest'that gives a choice.
Both Testaments are full of pundits, prophets, disciples, favoritesons, Solomons, Isaiahs,Davids, Paulsbut, my God, who besides Jesus really knew which end was up?Nobody.
I believe firmly what I read in the holy Scriptures, and the Creed, called the Apostles', and I don't
trouble my head any farther: I leave the rest to be disputed and defined by the clergy, if they
please; and if any Thing is in common use with Christians that is not repugnant to the holyScriptures, I observe it for this Reason, that I may not offend other people.
I hold the Koran, the Vedas, the Bible, and all such religious texts determining the lives of theirfollowers, as out of place and out of time...We have to move beyond these ancient texts if we
want progress.
Great works of literature, perhaps the greatestthe Oresteia, Hamlet, even the Biblehave been
stories of mystery and crime.
The parliament intended to have hanged him; and he expected no lesse, but resolved to be hang'd
with the Bible under one arme and Magna Carta under the other.
If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible insong by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!
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LORDILLINGWORTH The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden.MRSALLONBY It ends with Revelations.
Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms where it's usually too late?
It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so.
Oh, do let me go on. I want to see how it ends.
The Bible and Church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of woman'semancipation.
A book is like a manclever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every
flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every loopingflight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.
A classic book is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps
those circumstances alive.
A cool of bookswill sometimes lead the mind to libraries
of a hot afternoon, if books can be found
cool to the sense to lead the mind away.
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A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose
to a life beyond life.
A wonderful book. A great book...Hemingway, Dos Passos descended from him. They all fed on
crumbs from his table.
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.
All who love that kind of children's book that can be read and re-read by adults should take note
that a new star has appeared in this constellation. To the trained eye some of the characters willseem almost mythopoeic.
And I have written three books on the soul,
proving absurd all written hitherto,And putting us to ignorance again.
As a contribution to natural history, the work is negligible.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.
Books are what the world values as representing Tao. But books are only words, and the valuablepart of words is the thought therein contained.
Books cannot always please, however good;
Minds are not ever craving for their food.
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Books create eras and nations, just as eras and nations create books.