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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 82 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=132gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of th… Altro …

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 82 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=132gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE SKELETON IN ARMOR Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Note. Longfellow says in his notes: " This ballad was suggested to me while riding on the seashore at Newport. A skeleton clad in broken armor had been dug up at Fall River and the idea occurred to me of connecting it with the Round Tower at Newport, generally known as the Old Windmill, though now claimed by the Danes as the work of their early ancestors." " Speak ! speak ! thou fearful guest! Who, with thy hollow breast Still in rude armor drest Comest to daunt me ! S Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me ?" Then from those cavernous eyes 10 Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, 15 Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. "I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, 20 No Saga taught thee ! Take heed that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse; For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gerfalcon; And, with my skates fast-bound, 5 Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. "Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, 10 While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow; Oft through the forest dark Followed the werewolf's bark, Until the soaring lark 15 Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders. 20 Wild was the life we led; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders. " Many a wassail-bout 25 Wore...<

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M.a.L. Lane, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Selected-Readings-For-The-Eighth-Grade~~Mal-Lane General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustr… Altro …

M.a.L. Lane, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Selected-Readings-For-The-Eighth-Grade~~Mal-Lane General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Ginn and Company in 1911 in 112 pages; Subjects: Education / Elementary; Education / Language Experience Approach; Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Reading Skills;<

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