Tag: McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 68: The Violet
Lesson: A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view Its colors bright and fair; It might have graced a rosy bower Instead of hiding there. In modest tints arrayed, And there it spread its sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. This pretty flower to see;…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 67: Susie and Rover
Lesson: Mrs. M. O. Johnson—Adapted. DEFINITIONS
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 65: Mary Dow
Lesson: As she tapped at my half open door; While the blanket, pinned over her head, Just reached to the basket she bore. From her modest and pretty blue eye, As she said, ‘I have matches to sell, And hope you are willing to buy. I think you’ll not find it too much; They are…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 63: We are Seven
Lesson: She was eight years old, she said; Her hair was thick with many a curl, That clustered round her head. And she was wildly clad: Her eyes were fair, and very fair;— Her beauty made me glad. How many may you be?’ ‘How many? Seven in all,’ she said, And, wondering, looked at me.…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 61: Little Gustava
Lesson: Safe in the porch, and the little drops run From the icicles under the eaves so fast, For the bright spring sun shines warm at last, And glad is little Gustava. And a little green bowl she holds in her lap, Filled with bread and milk to the brim, And a wreath of marigolds…
