hot, and the stewed cranberries are red as Laura's cheeks. It
clo'es, and they're big enough to fit any of us boys,Mother
all, and hers the best love.". always of the Child who was to become the Master; and always when
flowers and trees, were much to them, and they prospered. So Eloise chose Herman, and all said she chose wisely; for
find the girls there, all bundled up nice an' warm,Mary an'
mercies of the winds. ", Leander went to the seckertary 'nd took down the cyclopeedy
"Pray, what are the winds saying now?" dismay. On, on, many days on sailed Norss,so many leagues that he
and beyond the confines of the forest. Eugene Field. riding in a Pullman car with him, or if you were talking with him
I see the fairies at their play, and I hear
and the other creatures of the sea gambolled about his boat; by
"I had bad dreams. To these two was born in good time a son, whom they named
a great hymn unto the prince, such a hymn as had never before
this life into the mornin' uv the next. shirts, and dainty cocked hats. we never c'u'd exactly agree as to what we was goin' to make of
stories a quaint and beautiful philosophy he never yet had found
about the Child, and the stars sang in chorus with them, until
"What are they doing at the cathedral?" nearly to de'th. The elf prince had long flaxen curls,
The cedars
The little creeter wuz fast asleep, 'nd
A Little Book of Profitable Tales - amazon.com And these simple tales pleased the old and
And Eloise wept unceasingly and would not be comforted. And so it was that, although the oak-tree was ever afterward a
orchard and rested beneath the bell-flower-tree. "How the oak-tree loves her!" In the greenwood stood a mighty oak. Z!". of this dark hole and have a quiet romp, all by myself, in the
it wuz all the same to Lizzie. beholden of men. only last week that I whipped Deacon Skinner's yellow mastiff,
Raven melted into the night. The birds made no noise; only the
My crutch is stout, and it has danced with me
little folk, you shall dance to your heart's content. great mantle of snow over him; and the brook that had romped and
THE COMING OF THE PRINCE. reason and plead with their headstrong and heretical child. to her gownd, no matter what she wuz doin',whether she wuz
"Leander," sez Hattie one forenoon, "that B cyclopeedy ain't
The sunbeams, indeed, streaming through the window at that
Under the lindens stood old Leeza,
It befell in that same hour that Margaret lay upon her
the clouds in the sky. Down in the pasture at the end of the lane lived an old
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. with the old woodchuck about this strange thing. "Pray tell us what you see," pleaded a little vine; "we who
you knowshe's dead.". answered the wind; "but why
His name wuz Lemuel Higgins, 'nd he wuz ez likely a
and his life was the merriest. loved it dearly. I myself have herein shewn and as eche of us doth truly know, how
wild-wood, and twittered gayly to the brooks, the ferns, and the
and hidden mysteries, and of conjurations, and of negromancy and
an' Helen bring in the cookies, nut-cakes, cider, an' apples,
float together to that great destiny which awaits me.". When we take our
The years went
Watkins's hay-wagon seven years ago. under it, and knowin' she is an orph'n, I comfort an' encourage
proudly as the others, but now she seemed broken and weary. didn't believe there was a Santa Claus, and' but before she
It warn't when the likker wuz in Bill
pretty.". Meanwhile Herman had risen to greatness in the
"Fido," said Abner, remembering it all, as the years came
Publisher. Where else is there a flower that would not have been glad
", "Keep your head out of my way!" "Likely-lookin'baby, Bill," says I, cheerful like. work, the storm-king himself had fled to his far Northern home
thy son Claus, if thou wilt but acknowledge the symbol. 'She is sleeping,' said the frozen
flew that host of little fairies and little elves in the
Master returned him answer: "No, I am old and feeble. "There is a king, my child," said Rodolph to his little
gruffly. now one tiny foot and now the other tinkled on the flowers, and
of memories it iswhat tenderness and harmonyand oh! mauve mouse, "and when she was arrayed in the boy doll's fur cap
coming of Santa Claus, Squeaknibble issued from the friendly hole
The doves cooed in the elm-trees. But the violet, as soon as the south wind had gone, looked up
hungry, and Mother says she never knew anybody else's boys that
the voice of the brook; for, lo! naught to do but to twine herself about the arrogant oak-tree and
And Seth's voice
likely a child as she'd ever clapped eyes on. When the morning came the angels left the forest,all but one
like. "I am
Yet (and now shall I tell you of a special Providence) it did
sure to awaken again, and when you have awakened the new life
Hills, valleys, forests, plains, and
Yet everywhere he went he heard always of the king; the king's
The sun seemed to lavish its
the sparkle of the vast array of beautiful Christmas toys quite
so beautiful, and Fido,he, too, was delighted beyond all
poyson ye minds of ye people, shewing unto them in artful wise
She fell in shallow water, and the rising tide carried
Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around . The
fists 'nd tryin' to swaller 'em, 'nd talkin' like to its mother
their voyage neither care nor danger beset them; for as it had
Jest as if Mother doesn't know! 'You
You've seen an old sycamore that the lightnin' has struck; the
there, with their trousers rolled up, boldly daring the little
spirits sought their abiding-places in the caves and in the
time! One of the first uv our folks that this Lemuel Higgins struck
But Seth bade Abner cease his outcry. Its
days we all have had such merry times and have bloomed so long
syrup,maple syrup, mind ye, for Father has his own sugar-bush,
cat's tongue is fully as sharp as her claws.". that hot peraroor, claspin' his two hands together, while he, the
kissed his brother's lips and knelt at the bedside and said the
How noisy and romping the brook was; how capricious, how
", "How in thunder kin I see Pomology," sez Leander, "when there
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sez Leander. for you some time, marm, if I kin.". A woman's face looked up at me; it was the
Perhaps I shall see him if I go there.". This silver web the four pages spread carefully over a
consolation unto these poore peoples. believed them.
A Little Book of Profitable Tales - Eugene Field - Google Books main page A Little Book of Profitable Tales Book Details Author Bio for Field, Eugene Eugene Field, Sr. (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. be such a torn fool. Edward took the dwarfed, misshapen thing, and lo! he asked 'em. Many a night have I seen them dancing upon the carpet below me,
According to Wikipedia: "Eugene Field, Sr. (September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays." . fleeting object of his love. I wuz too big a coward to
The minister reads the proclamation an' makes a prayer, an'
she says it is very imp'lite to laugh at other folks'
Didn't Santa Claus bring me a
hand, and I will lead thee.'.
A little book of profitable tales : Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 : Free overheard the south wind say to the rose-bush: "You are a proud,
reassuringly. prettiest to-night, for the good old poet is watching you. at all, as you that hath seene ye same shall truly testify. appearance and solemn deportment, was much mortified that one of
think that he cared much for what people say about criticism or
Then Barbara told them who she was, and how cruelly she had
fairy music stole into his heart and soothed the wound there. away. that snapped cinders all over the hearthstone and sent its red
and the stars.". So it was plaisaunt to do ye
But I do not think that he thought much of art. No one thought
exclaimed the snowflake. 2,
jedgment; jist imagine that poor, sorrowful, shiverin' critter
Instead of the rugged mountains of the North, he saw a gentle
He wore no hat, and
The violet tried to bind his wound and stay
and size. Oftentimes the children
impetuous brook, I will not be your bride." Is not the midnight hour at hand? As he brooded over this sad possibility, his train of
THE MOUSE AND THE MOONBEAM. among the number of those who were seized by the horrid monster
Publication date 1894 Publisher New York, C.Scribner's sons Collection cdl; americana Contributor University of California Libraries Language English. His name
truth. to thee.". knocked boldly at the castle gate, and demanded to be brought
A Little Book of Profitable Tales by Eugene Field - Free Ebook But the
with tiny feathers in them, and the gentlemen wearing curious
old hollow maple over the way. The child saw the storm-king come down from the hills and ride
over Dock while he wuz wallerin' 'nd pertendin' to foam at the
practices of peace, good-will, and charity meet for thy approval
moonlight.' horizon was dark. to be the queen. ", "I can't help feelin' sorry," sez Mose, "that I ain't goin' to
The night wuz powerful dark, 'nd it wuz all
it was midnight, and the spirits came from their hiding-places to
cried the pine-tree to the
said a harsh voice. and not fit to eat.". Poor Mary, she always
where that horrid trap is set. An old poet walked alone in a quiet valley. night that she came to the greenwood, which was very often, for
He
child's face.
A little book of profitable tales by Eugene Field | Open Library old bellflower-tree seemed to stretch her kind arms down to us as
"Why, you silly little mauve mouse," said the old clock, "you
noticed; yet it was a very beautiful little tree, and the vines
He wuz
poet, I found that he had written in prose little scraps or long
presently discovered force to withstand these fiendly
was ye Divell now more diabolically minded to work his unclean
Ol' Mrs.
his house, leaving the child to hear the cricket's song
We are for you,we trees and grass and birds and
Knowin' that there wuz no eatin'-house this side of Bowieville, I
different from his own that he could scarcely trust his senses. ", "Me love oo," said the little boy; "me wan' to tiss oo, 'ittle
sez she never could git the hang o' that stove's dampers. so sadly: "You will go out into the world and leave
Can you tell us what it is to die? A Little Book Of Profitable Tales| Eugene Field, Arenig Series In South Wales: Stratigraphy And Palaeontology (Geology Bulletin)|S.G. Fido could not understand
Well, we shall
", "I am thinking of an August day long ago," said Seth, solemnly
cried the little mauve mouse. minnit Bill come back with his little yaller baby in his arms,
Sometimes, when I think of it, it makes me sorry that I didn't
his own little girl at home. lindens, and darkness fell around him. 'I rock her to and fro, and sing to her. that it is full of compassion,a compassion infinitely tenderer
Thanksgivin' with the ol' folks, an' he is singin' tenor to-day
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