Chapter I: Book III: For Upper 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.

C. J. PETERS & SON, TYPOGRAPHERS,
BOSTON.

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, Ph[oe]be 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 Verses_; 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 seventh, eighth, and ninth school years, or higher grammar grades. It is the third 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

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ABIDE WITH ME 72
ADVERSITY 92
ANNIE LAURIE 168
ANNIE OF THARAW 199
ANTONY'S EULOGY ON CÆSAR 221
ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM, THE 13
APPARITIONS 253
AULD LANG SYNE 112
AWAKENING OF SPRING, THE 68

BALLAD OF THE BOAT, THE 119
BANNOCKBURN 52
BEFORE SEDAN 109
BEGGAR MAID, THE 98
BIRKENHEAD, THE 108
"BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN" 151
BONNIE DUNDEE 53
BONNIE LESLEY 167
BOOT AND SADDLE 231
BUILDING OF THE SHIP, THE 46

CAVALIER, THE 230
CONSOLATION, A 261
COUNTY GUY 96
CROSSING THE BAR 269
CUMNOR HALL 27

DEATHBED, THE 152
DEATH THE LEVELER 60
DESERTED HOUSE, THE 238
DORA 160
DOWNFALL OF WOLSEY, THE 177

EACH AND ALL 172
ELAINE 247
ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD 184
EVENING (Milton) 212
EVENING (Scott) 97

FAITH 206
FALL OF POLAND, THE 181
FLOW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON 196
FORBEARANCE 260

GLENARA 104
GOOD GREAT MAN, THE 59
GROWING OLD 253

HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS, THE 183
HELVELLYN 101
HERVÉ RIEL 141
HESTER 165
HIGH TIDE ON THE COAST OF LINCOLNSHIRE, THE 17
HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD 69
HORATIUS 31
HYMN BEFORE SUNRISE IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI 214
HYMN OF TRUST 159
HYMN TO DIANA 101
HYMN TO THE NORTH STAR, 211

ICHABOD 178
IMMORTALITY 202
IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING 245
IVRY 136

JACOBITE'S EPITAPH, A 236
JACOBITE IN EXILE, A 232
JAFFAR 57
JOHN ANDERSON 113

KNIGHT'S TOMB, THE 103

LADY OF SHALOTT, THE 76
LAST LEAF, THE 239
LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, THE 15
LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS, THE 111
LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS, THE 134
LOCHIEL'S WARNING 61
LOCHINVAR 50
LONDON, 1802 229
LORD OF HIMSELF 58
LOST LEADER, THE 180
LUCY 192

MAN AND NATURE 74
MAN THAT HATH NO MUSIC IN HIMSELF, THE 91
MORNING 75
MY DOVES 206
MY LOVE 254

NECKAN, THE 116
NIGHT AND DEATH 201
NORA'S VOW 255

ODE ON THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON 226
OF OLD SAT FREEDOM 49
O GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST 140
OH FAIREST OF THE RURAL MAIDS 195
OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST 260
ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER 218
ON HIS BLINDNESS 46
ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE 241
ON THE SEA 120
OUTLAW, THE 257
OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT 61

PATRIOT, THE 150
PETITION TO TIME, A 104
PILLAR OF THE CLOUD, THE 135
POET AND THE BIRD, THE 115

QUA CURSUM VENTUS 210
QUALITY OF MERCY, THE 30
QUIET WORK 213

RAISING OF LAZARUS, THE 204
RECESSIONAL 270
RHODORA, THE 174
ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST 82
ROSABELLE 24
RUGBY CHAPEL 147

SAFE HOME 133
ST. AGNES' EVE 246
SANDS OF DEE, THE 16
SAY NOT, THE STRUGGLE NAUGHT AVAILETH 45
SEVEN SISTERS; OR, THE SOLITUDE OF BINNORIE, THE 106
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY 99
SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT 200
SIR GALAHAD 249
SLEEP 156
SLEEP, THE 153
SNOWSTORM, THE 67
SONG FROM "PIPPA PASSES," 73
SONG OF THE CAMP, A 169
SONG OF THE WESTERN MEN, THE 56
SONG: "WHO IS SILVIA? WHAT IS SHE?" 256
SONNET ON CHILLON 14
STANZAS FOR MUSIC 196

TELLING THE BEES 86
THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR HIS HOUSE, A 157
THERE'LL NEVER BE PEACE 231
THREE FISHERS, THE 236
TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY 95
TO A SKYLARK (Shelley) 261
TO A SKYLARK (Wordsworth) 26
TO THE DAISY 92
TRIUMPH OF CHARIS 198
TRUE KNIGHTHOOD 252
TWILIGHT CALM 70

ULYSSES 218

VILLAGE PREACHER, THE 190

WATERLOO 266
WENDELL PHILLIPS 149
WHERE LIES THE LAND TO WHICH THE SHIP WOULD GO 114
WHITE SHIP, THE 121

_INDEX OF AUTHORS._

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ARNOLD, MATTHEW.
Quiet Work 213
Rugby Chapel: A Selection 147
The Neckan 116

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT.
Man and Nature 74
My Doves 206
Romance of the Swan's Nest 82
The Poet and the Bird 115
The Sleep 153

BROWNING, ROBERT.
Apparitions 253
Boot and Saddle 231
Growing Old: A Selection 253
Hervé Riel 141
Home Thoughts from Abroad 69
Song from "Pippa Passes" 73
The Lost Leader 180
The Patriot 150

BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN.
"Blessed are They that Mourn" 151
Hymn to the North Star 211
Oh Fairest of the Rural Maids 195
The Antiquity of Freedom 13

BURNS, ROBERT.
Auld Lang Syne 112
Bannockburn 52
Bonnie Lesley 167
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton 196
John Anderson 113
Oh, wert Thou in the Cauld Blast 260
There'll Never be Peace 231
To a Mountain Daisy 95

BYRON, LORD (George Noel Gordon).
She walks in Beauty 9
Sonnet on Chillon 14
Stanzas for Music 196
Waterloo: A Selection 266

CAMPBELL, THOMAS.
Glenara 104
Lochiel's Warning 61
The Fall of Poland 181

CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH.
Qua Cursum Ventus 210
Say not, the Struggle Naught availeth 45
Where lies the Land to which the Ship would go 114

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR.
Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouni 214
The Good Great Man 59
The Knight's Tomb 103

CORNWALL, BARRY. (See Procter.)

COWPER, WILLIAM.
Light Shining out of Darkness, The 134
On the receipt of my Mother's Picture 241

DOBSON, AUSTIN.
Before Sedan 109

DOUGLAS, WILLIAM.
Annie Laurie. 168

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO.
Each and All 172
Forbearance 260
The Rhodora 174
The Snowstorm 67

GARNETT, RICHARD.
The Ballad of the Boat 119

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.
The Village Preacher 190

GRAY, THOMAS.
Elegy written in a Country Churchyard 184

HAWKER, ROBERT S.
The Song of the Western Men 56

HERRICK, ROBERT.
A Thanksgiving to God for His House 157

HAYWOOD, THOMAS.
Morning 75

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL.
Hymn of Trust 159
The Last Leaf 239

HOOD, THOMAS.
The Deathbed 152

HUNT, LEIGH.
Jaffar 57

INGELOW, JEAN.
The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire 17

JOHNSON, BEN.
Hymn to Diana 101
Triumph of Charis 198

KEATS, JOHN.
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer 218
On the Sea 120

KINGSLEY, CHARLES.
The Sands of Dee 16
The Three Fishers 236

KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Recessional 270

LAMB, CHARLES.
Hester 165

LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH.
Annie of Tharaw 199
The Building of the Ship: A Selection 46

LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL.
My Love 254
Wendell Phillips 149

LYTE, HENRY F.
Abide with Me 72

MACAULEY, THOMAS BABBINGTON.
A Jacobite's Epitaph 236
Horatius: A Selection 31
Ivry 136

MICKLE, WILLIAM F.
Cumnor Hall 27

MILTON, JOHN.
Evening: A Selection 212
On his Blindness 46

MONTGOMERY, JAMES.
Immortality 202

MOORE, THOMAS.
The Harp that once through Tara's Halls 183
The Last Rose of Summer 15
The Light of Other Days 111

NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY.
The Pillar of the Cloud 135

PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.
A Petition to Time 104

ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G.
Twilight Calm 70

ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL.
The White Ship 121

ST. JOSEPH OF THE STUDIUM.
Safe Home. Translated by J. M. Neale 133

SCOTT, SIR WALTER.
Bonnie Dundee 53
County Guy 96
Evening 97
Helvellyn 101
Lochinvar 50
Nora's Vow 255
Rosabelle 24
The Cavalier 230
The Outlaw 257

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.
A Consolation 261
Adversity: A Selection 92
Antony's Eulogy on Caesar: A Selection 221
Sleep: A Selection 156
Song: "Who is Silvia? what is she?"
From "Two Gentlemen of Verona" 256
The Downfall of Wolsey: A Selection 177
The Man that hath no Music in Himself:
A Selection 91
The Quality of Mercy: A Selection 30

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE.
Ozymandias of Egypt 61
To a Skylark 261

SHIRLEY, JAMES.
Death the Leveler 60

SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES.
A Jacobite in Exile 232

TAYLOR, BAYARD.
A Song of the Camp 169

TENNYSON, ALFRED.
Crossing the Bar 269
Dora 160
Elaine: A Selection from "The
Idylls of the King" 247
Ode on the Death of the Duke of
Wellington: A Selection 226
Of Old sat Freedom 49
St. Agnes' Eve 246
Sir Galahad 249
The Awakening of Spring: A Selection 68
The Beggar Maid 98
The Deserted House 238
The Lady of Shalott 76
The Raising of Lazarus: A Selection 204
True Knighthood: A Selection 252
Ulysses 218

WARING, ANNA L.
In Heavenly Love abiding 245

WATTS, ISAAC.
O God, our Help in Ages Past 140

WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO.
Night and Death 201

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.
Ichabod 178
Telling the Bees 86

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.
Faith: A Selection 206
London, 1802 229
Lucy 192
She was a Phantom of Delight 200
The Seven Sisters: or, The Solitude
of Binnorie 106
To a Skylark 26
To the Daisy 92

WOTTON, SIR HENRY.
Lord of Himself 58

YULE, SIR HENRY.
The Birkenhead 108

THE LAND OF SONG: BOOK III.

_PART I._

_The Land of Song: Book III._