Tag: McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 20: A Moment Too Late
Words: Lesson: A moment too late are you now; The wind has your soft, downy nest disturbed— The nest that you hung on the bough. Would have fastened it firmly and strong; But see, there it goes, rolling over the hill! Oh, you staid a moment too long. The honey has dropped from the flower:…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 17: What the Minutes Say
Lesson: Each one furnished with sixty wings, With which we fly on our unseen track, And not a minute ever comes back. For how we are used we must one day tell. Who uses minutes, has hours to use; Who loses minutes, whole years must lose.
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 14: The Little Bird’s Song
Words: Lesson: Sat singing on a tree; The song was very soft and low, But sweet as it could be. Looked up to see the bird That made the sweetest melody That ever they had heard. Birdie was very small, And with his modest, dark-brown coat, He made no show at all. ‘Where can the…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 13: The Wolf
Words: Lesson: The truth itself is not believed, From one who often has deceived.
