BOOK II.

_FOR LOWER GRAMMAR GRADES_

SELECTED BY KATHARINE H. SHUTE

EDITED BY LARKIN DUNTON, LL.D. HEAD MASTER OF THE BOSTON NORMAL SCHOOL

SILVER, BURDETT & COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO 1899

COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY SILVER, BURDETT & COMPANY.

BOSTON: C. J. PETERS & SON, TYPOGRAPHERS. Plimpton Press H. M. PLIMPTON & CO., PRINTERS & BINDERS, NORWOOD, MASS., U.S.A.

_COMPILERS' PREFACE._

The inestimable value of literature in supplying healthful recreation, in opening the mind to larger views of life, and in creating ideals that shall mold the spiritual nature, is conceded now by every one who has intelligently considered the problems of education. But the basis upon which literature shall be selected and arranged is still a matter of discussion.

Chronology, race-correspondence, correlation, and ethical training should all be recognized incidentally; but the main purpose of the teacher of literature is to send children on into life with a genuine love for good reading. To accomplish this, three things should be true of the reading offered: first, it should be _literature_; second, it should be literature of some scope, not merely some small phase of literature, such as the fables or the poetry of one of the less eminent poets; and third, it should appeal to children's natural interests. Children's interests, varied as they seem, center in the marvelous and the preternatural; in the natural world; and in human life, especially child life and the romantic and heroic aspects of mature life. In the selections made for each grade, we have recognized these different interests.

To grade poetry perfectly for different ages is an impossibility; much of the greatest verse is for all ages--that is one reason why it _is_ great. A child of five will lisp the numbers of Horatius with delight; and Scott's _Lullaby of an Infant Chief_, with its romantic color and its exquisite human tenderness, is dear to childhood, to manhood, and to old age. But the Land of Song is a great undiscovered country to the little child; by some road or other he must find his way into it; and these volumes simply attempt to point out a path through which he may be led into its happy fields.

Our earnest thanks are due to the following publishers for permission to use copyrighted poems: to Houghton, Mifflin & Co. for poems by Longfellow, Whittier, Emerson, Holmes, Lowell, Aldrich, Bayard Taylor, James T. Fields, Phoebe Cary, Lucy Larcom, Celia Thaxter, and Sarah Orne Jewett; to D. Appleton & Co. for a large number of Bryant's poems; to Charles Scribner's Sons for two poems by Stevenson, from _Underwoods_, and _A Child's Garden of Verse_; to J. B. Lippincott & Co. for two poems by Thomas Buchanan Read; and to Henry T. Coates & Co. for a poem by Charles Fenno Hoffman.

The present volume is intended for the fourth, fifth, and sixth school years, or lower grammar grades. It is the second of three books prepared for use in the grades below the high school. As no collection of this size can supply as much poetry as may be used to advantage, and as many desirable poems by American writers have necessarily been omitted, we have noted at the end of this volume lists of poems which it would be well to add to the material given here, that our children may realize the scope and beauty of the poetry of their own land.

CONTENTS

PAGE ALICE BRAND 64 AT SEA 60

BANKS O' DOON, THE 217 BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, THE 141 BATTLE OF THE BALTIC, THE 103 BELEAGUERED CITY, THE 133 BELSHAZZAR 221 BOY AND THE ANGEL, THE 118 BRIGHTEST AND BEST OF THE SONS OF THE MORNING 157 BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE 22 BY COOL SILOAM'S SHADY RILL 30

CALM ON THE LISTENING EAR OF NIGHT 93 CA' THE YOWES 81 CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, THE 89 CHILDREN IN THE WOOD, THE 71 CHORAL SONG OF ILLYRIAN PEASANTS 125 COMPANIONSHIP WITH NATURE 227 CONCORD HYMN 161 CORAL GROVE, THE 63 COUNCIL OF HORSES, THE 114 CORONACH 200 CRICKET, THE 193

DAFFODILS 15 DAFFODILS, THE 13 DEATH OF NELSON, THE 164 DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB 18 DEWDROP, THE 207

ELIXIR, THE 117 ENGLAND 170 EPITAPH ON A HARE 112 EVENING (John Fletcher) 150 EVENING (John Keble) 206 EVENING WIND, THE 123 EXILE OF ERIN 215

FAREWELL, A 152 FIDELITY 108 FINE DAY, A 35 FISHERMAN, THE 211 FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT 69

GLADIATOR, THE 228 GOOD-NIGHT 207 GRASSHOPPER, THE 192 GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD, THE 121 GREEN CORNFIELD, A 41

HALLOWED GROUND 145 HERITAGE, THE 208 HOHENLINDEN 21 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY 19 HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD 27 HONEY-BEE, THE 15 HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE 104 "HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX" 229 HYMN OF THE NATIVITY 234 HURRICANE, THE 175

INCHCAPE ROCK, THE 43 INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP 147 INGRATITUDE 57

JOCK OF HAZELDEAN 213 JERUSALEM, THE GOLDEN 204

KINGDOM OF GOD, THE 178 KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY 126

LADY CLARE 218 LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS 28 LIFE'S "GOOD-MORNING" 201 LLEWELLYN AND HIS DOG 105 LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER 211 LOVE OF GOD, THE 31

MARCH 42 MONTEREY 162 MOONRISE, A SELECTION 201 MORNING 149 MY HEART LEAPS UP WHEN I BEHOLD 37

NEW YEAR, THE 237 NIGHT 101 NOBLE NATURE, THE 179 NORTHERN SEAS, THE 61

ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND 167 OH! WEEP FOR THOSE 17 O MOTHER DEAR, JERUSALEM 205 ON A FAVORITE CAT DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLDFISHES 197 ON A SPANIEL CALLED "BEAU" KILLING A YOUNG BIRD 78 ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET (Leigh Hunt) 111 ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET (John Keats) 110 O WAD SOME POWER 37

PIBROCH OF DONUIL DHU 24 PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN, THE 46 PILGRIM FATHERS, THE 84 PIPES AT LUCKNOW, THE 224 PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE 32

QUIET, LORD, MY FROWARD HEART 149

REBECCA'S HYMN 20 REST 191 REVENGE, THE 143 RHYMED LESSON, A 82 ROYAL GEORGE, THE 91 RUTH 116

SAILOR'S WIFE, THE 135 SANDALPHON 231 SELECTION FROM CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE, A 155 SELKIRK GRACE, THE 31 SHEPHERD'S HOME, THE 77 SHERIDAN'S RIDE 172 SKYLARK, THE 39 SOLDIER AND SAILOR 137 SOLDIER'S DREAM, THE 26 SOLITARY REAPER, THE 199 SONG FROM THE LADY OF THE LAKE 216 SONG OF MARION'S MEN 99 SONG OF THE GREEKS 170 SONG OF THE SEA, A 58 SONG: "ORPHEUS WITH HIS LUTE MADE TREES" 151 SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL 125 SPRING 38 STARS 101 STORM, THE 190 SUMMER SHOWER, THE 36 SWEET PEAS 80

THY VOICE IS HEARD THROUGH ROLLING DRUMS 148 TO A MOUSE 153 TO A WATERFOWL 202 TO DAFFODILS 14 TO THE CUCKOO 40 TO THE SMALL CELANDINE 131

UNION AND LIBERTY 97 UPON THE MOUNTAIN'S DISTANT HEAD 16

VIRTUE 208

WHEN ALL THY MERCIES, O MY GOD 177 WHEN WILT THOU SAVE THE PEOPLE? 94 WINSTANLEY 180 WIVES OF BRIXHAM, THE 86 WREN'S NEST, A 194

YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND 163

_Index of Authors._

ADDISON, JOSEPH. When all thy Mercies, O my God 177

ANONYMOUS. O Mother Dear, Jerusalem 205 The Children in the Wood 71 The Wives of Brixham 86

ARNOLD. The Death of Nelson 164

BARBAULD, ANNA LETITIA. Life's "Good-Morning" 201

BLAKE, WILLIAM. Night 101

BROWNING, ROBERT. An Incident of the French Camp 147 "How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" 229 The Boy and the Angel 118 The Pied Piper of Hamelin 46

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN. March 42 Song of Marion's Men 99 The Evening Wind 123 The Hurricane 175 The Love of God 31 The Planting of the Apple Tree 32 To a Waterfowl 202 Upon the Mountain's Distant Head 16

BURNS, ROBERT. Ca' the Yowes 81 For A' That, and A' That 69 Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots 28 O wad some Power 37 The Banks o' Doon 217 The Selkirk Grace 31 To a Mouse 153

BYRON, LORD (GEORGE NOEL GORDON). A Selection from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 155 Companionship with Nature, A Selection 227 Moonrise, A Selection 201 Oh! weep for Those 17 The Destruction of Sennacherib 18 The Gladiator, A Selection 228

CAMPBELL, THOMAS. Exile of Erin 215 Hallowed Ground 145 Hohenlinden 21 Lord Ullin's Daughter 211 Soldier and Sailor 137 Song of the Greeks 170 The Battle of the Baltic 103 The Soldier's Dream 26 Ye Mariners of England 163

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. Choral Song of Illyrian Peasants 125

COLLINS, WILLIAM. How Sleep the Brave 104

CORNWALL, BARRY. (See PROCTER.)

COWLEY, ABRAHAM. The Grasshopper 192

COWPER, WILLIAM. Epitaph on a Hare 112 On a Spaniel called "Beau" killing a Young Bird 78 The Cricket 193 The Royal George 91

CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN. At Sea 60

DRAYTON, MICHAEL. A Fine Day 35

ELLIOTT, EBENEZER. When Wilt Thou save the People 94

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. Concord Hymn 161

FLETCHER, JOHN. Evening 150

GAY, JOHN. The Council of Horses 114

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG. Rest 191

GRAY, THOMAS. On a Favorite Cat, drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes 197

HEBER, REGINALD. Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning 157 By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill 30 Holy, Holy, Holy 19

HEMANS, FELICIA. The Graves of a Household 121 The Pilgrim Fathers 84

HERBERT, GEORGE. The Elixir 117 Virtue 208

HERRICK, ROBERT. To Daffodils 14

HOFFMAN, CHARLES FENNO. Monterey 162

HOGG, JAMES. The Skylark 39

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. A Rhymed Lesson, Selections 82 Union and Liberty 97

HOOD, THOMAS. Ruth 116

HOWITT, MARY. The Northern Seas 61

HUNT, LEIGH. On the Grasshopper and Cricket 111

INGELOW, JEAN. Winstanley 180

JONSON, BEN. The Noble Nature 179

KEATS, JOHN. On the Grasshopper and Cricket 110 Sweet Peas, A Selection 80

KEBLE, JOHN. Evening 206 Morning 149

KINGSLEY, CHARLES. Ode to the North-East Wind 167

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Sandalphon 231 The Beleaguered City 133

LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL. The Heritage 208

MICKLE, WILLIAM J. The Sailor's Wife 135

MILTON, JOHN. Hymn of the Nativity, A Selection 234

MOORE, THOMAS. Sound the Loud Timbrel 125

NASH, THOMAS. Spring 38

NEWTON, JOHN. Quiet, Lord, my Froward Heart 149

PERCIVAL, JAMES G. The Coral Grove 63

PERCY, THOMAS. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury 126

PROCTER, ADELAIDE. The Storm 190

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER (BARRY CORNWALL). A Song of the Sea 58 Belshazzar 221 Stars 101 The Fisherman 211

QUARLES, FRANCIS. Good-Night 207

READ, THOMAS BUCHANAN. Sheridan's Ride 172 The Summer Shower 36

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G. A Green Cornfield 41

ST. BERNARD. Jerusalem, the Golden 204

SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Alice Brand 64 Coronach 200 Jock of Hazeldean 213 Pibroch of Donald Dhu 24 Rebecca's Hymn 20 Song From "The Lady of the Lake" 216

SEARS, EDMUND H. Calm on the Listening Ear of Night 93

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Daffodils, A Selection 15 England, A Selection 170 Ingratitude, A Selection 57 Song: "Orpheus with his lute made trees" 151 The Honey-bee, A Selection 15

SHENSTONE, WILLIAM. The Shepherd's Home 77

SOUTHEY, ROBERT. Llewellyn and his Dog 105 The Battle of Blenheim 141 The Inchcape Rock 43

TENNYSON, ALFRED. A Farewell 152 Home they brought her Warrior dead 27 Lady Clare 218 The Charge of the Light Brigade 89 The New Year 237 The Revenge, A Selection 143 Thy Voice is heard through Rolling Drums 148

TRENCH, RICHARD C. The Dewdrop 207 The Kingdom of God 178

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF. The Pipes at Lucknow 224

WOLFE, CHARLES. The Burial of Sir John Moore 22

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. A Wren's Nest 194 Fidelity 108 My heart leaps up when I behold 37 The Daffodils 13 The Solitary Reaper 199 To the Cuckoo 40 To the Small Celandine 131

THE LAND OF SONG: BOOK II.

_PART I._

_THE LAND OF SONG: BOOK II._