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He hopped into my garden
And stole a cabbage leaf。
He ate up all my parsnips
Without asking if he may��
And when I tried to catch him
Kicked up his heels
and ran away。
BARBARA FRIETCHIE。
Up from the meadows rich with corn��
Clear in the cool September morn��
The clustered spires of Frederick stand
Green´walled by the hills of Maryland。
Round about them orchards sweep��
Apple and peach´tree fruited deep��
Fair as a garden of the Lord
To the eyes of the famished rebel horde��
On that pleasant morn of the early fall��
When Lee marched over the mountain´wall
Over the mountains winding down��
Horse and foot�察�into Frederick town
Forty flags with their silver stars��
Forty flags with their crimson bars��
Flapped in the morning wind�此�the sun
Of noon looked down�察�and saw not one。
Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then��
Bowed with her fourscore years and ten��
Bravest of all in Frederick town��
She took up the flag the men hauled down��
In her attic window the staff she set��
To show that one heart was loyal yet。
Up the street came the rebel tread��
Stonewall Jackson riding ahead。
Under his slouched hat�察�left and right��
He glanced�此�the old flag met his sight。
;Halt;the dust´brown ranks stood fast��
;Fire� �out blazed the rifle´blast。
It shivered the window�察�pane and sash��
It rent the banner with seam and gash。
Quick as it fell from the broken staff��
Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf��
She leaned far out on the window sill��
And shook it forth with a royal will。
;Shoot if you must this old gray head��
But spare your country's flag�察─�she said。
A shade of sadness�察�a blush of shame��
Over the face of the leader came��
The nobler nature within him stirred
To life at that woman's deed and word。
;Who touches a hair of yon gray head
Dies like a dog� �March on� ─�he said。
All day long through Frederick street
Sounded the tread of marching feet。
All day long that free flag tossed
Over the heads of the rebel host��
Ever its torn folds rose and fell
On the loyal winds that loved it well��
And through the hill´gaps�察�sunset light
Shone over it with a warm good´night。
Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er��
And the rebel rides on his raids no more。
Honor to her��and let a tear
Fall�察�for her sake�察�on Stonewall's bier。
Over Barbara Frietchie's grave��
Flag of Freedom and Union wave��
Peace�察�and order�察�and beauty�察�draw
Round thy symbol of light and law��
And ever the stars above look down
On thy stars below at Frederick town��
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER。
A sturdy cow´boy I would be
And chase this buffalo out in the West。
An Indian pony I know I could ride��
And ;round up; with all the rest。
SHERIDAN'S RIDE。
��Used by special arrangement with J。 B。 Lippincott Company��
Philadelphia�察�publisher of Mr。 Read's Poems。��
Up from the South at break of day��
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay��
The affrighted air with a shudder bore��
Like a herald in haste�察�to the chieftain's door��
The terrible grumble and rumble and roar��
Telling the battle was on once more��
And Sheridan twenty miles away。
And wilder still those billows of war
Thundered along the horizon's bar��
And louder yet into Winchester rolled
The roar of that red sea uncontrolled��
Making the blood of the listener cold
As he thought of the stake in that fiery fray��
And Sheridan twenty miles away。
But there is a road from Winchester town��
A good�察�broad highway leading down��
And there through the flash of the morning light��
A steed as black as the steeds of night��
Was seen to pass as with eagle's flight
As if he knew the terrible need��
He stretched away with the utmost speed��
Hills rose and fellbut his heart was gay��
With Sheridan fifteen miles away。
Still sprung from these swift hoofs�察�thundering South��
The dust�察�like the smoke from the cannon's mouth��
Or the trail of a comet sweeping faster and faster��
Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster��
The heart of the steed and the heart of the master��
Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls�察 �
Impatient to be where the battle´field calls��
Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play��
With Sheridan only ten miles away。
Under his spurning feet the road
Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed��
And the landscape sped away behind
Like an ocean flying before the wind。
And the steed�察�like a bark fed with furnace ire��
Swept on with his wild eyes full of fire��
But lo� �he is nearing his heart's desire
He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray��
With Sheridan only five miles away。
The first that the General saw were the groups
Of stragglers�察�and then the retreating troops��
What was donewhat to doa glance told him both��
And striking his spurs with a terrible oath��
He dashed down the line 'mid a storm of huzzahs��
And the wave of retreat checked its course there because
The sight of the master compelled it to pause。
With foam and with dust the black charger was gray�察 �
By the flash of his eye�察�and his red nostrils' play��
He seemed to the whole great army to say��
;I have brought you Sheridan all the way
From Winchester down to save the day� �
Hurrah�察�hurrah for Sheridan��
Hurrah�察�hurrah for horse and man��
And when their statues are placed on high
Under the dome of the Union sky
The American soldiers' Temple of Fame
There with the glorious General's name
Be it said in letters both bold and bright��
;Here is the steed that saved the day
By carrying Sheridan into the fight�察 �
From Winchestertwenty miles away� ─�
T。 B。 READ。
See´saw�察�Margery Daw��
Jenny shall have a new master��
She shall have but a penny a day��
Because she can't work any faster。
An old Hippopotamus lived on the Nile��
If she hasn't gone away�察�she's been there quite a while。
She gives all her children a ride on her back��
Broad enough to accommodate the whole scrambling pack。
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Between the dark and daylight��
When the night is beginning to lower��
Comes a pause in the day's occupations
That is known as the Children's Hour。
I hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet��
The sound of a door that is opened��
And voices soft and sweet。
From my study I see in the lamp´light��
Descending the broad hall´stair��
Grave Alice and laughing Allegra��
And Edith with golden hair。
A whisper�察�and then a silence��
Yet I know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
To take me by surprise。
A sudden rush from the stairway��
A sudden raid from the hall��
By three doors left unguarded
They enter my castle wall��
They climb up into my turret��
O'er the arms and back of my chair��
If I try to escape�察�they surround me��
They seem to be everywhere。
They almost devour me with kisses��
Their arms about me entwine��
Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen
In his Mouse´Tower on the Rhine��
Do you think�察�O blue´eyed banditti��
Because you have scaled the wall��
Such an old Mustache as I am
Is not a match for you all��
I have you fast in my fortress��
And will not let you depart��
But put you down in the dungeon��
In the round´tower of my heart。
And there I will keep you forever��
Yes�察�forever and a day��
Till the walls shall crumble to ruin��
And moulder in dust away。
HENRY W。 LONGFELLOW。
I will dig me a garden and plant it with seeds��
I will hoe and water it and keep down the weeds��
Then perhaps some of these bright summer days��
To mamma I can carry big boquets。
CARYL'S PLUM。
;He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum。;
So sang Caryl over the stairs。
;Now if HE pulled out a plum�察�why shouldn't SHE�拭─�she said to
herself�察�halting a bit by the landing window。 ;And a good big
plum toonice and juicy。 O Aunt Sylvia�察�Aunt Sylvia� �
She fairly hugged herself in glee�察�then drew one long breath and
dashed on to her own poor little room。
;Oh�察�you here�察�Viny�拭─�she exclaimed in surprise as she flung open
the door。
A small figure rose to a perpendicular position in front of the
old bureau�察�while a shoving´to of the under drawer proclaimed
some attention having been paid to the pretty laces�察�ribbons�察�and
various other adornments packed away for safe keeping。
Caryl remembered leaving the key in the drawer after taking out a
bit of lavender ribbon the night before for Aunt Sylvia's cap。
;What have you been doing�拭─�she asked sharply�察�and taking hold of
the small wiry shoulder�察�she looked down into a little black face
whose eyes were staring solemnly into the farthest corner of the
room。
;Ben doin'�拭─�repeated Viny�察�scared almost to death inwardly�察�but
preserving a cool exterior。 ;Nothin'�察�only shettin' the draw'��
plaguey thing wouldn't stay put。 Tore my dress�察─�she added
mumblingly to fill out the pause。
;Where�拭─�said Caryl�察�looking sharply at her。
;Dar�察─�said Viny�察�with a violent twist�察�so that she could compass
the back breadths of her blue gingham frock�察�and she pointed
abruptly to a cat´a´cornered rent。
;Oh�察�no�察�you didn't�察─�contradicted Caryl�察�looking her through and
through�察�and giving her a small shake�察 �tear that either�察�I heard
Maum Patty scold you yesterday