New National Fourth Reader by Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes


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Page 57


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LOOKING FOR THE FAIRIES.


I've peeped in many a bluebell,
And crept among the flowers,
And hunted in the acorn cups,
And in the woodland bowers;
And shook the yellow daffodils,
And searched the gardens round,
A-looking for the little folk
I never, never found.

I've linger'd till the setting sun
Threw out a golden sheen,
In hope to see a fairy troupe
Come dancing on the green;
And marveled that they did not come
To revel in the air,
And wondered if they slept, and where
Their hiding-places were.

I've wandered with a timid step
Beneath the moon's pale light,
And every blazing dew-drop seemed
To be a tiny sprite;
And listened with suspended breath,
Among the grand, old trees,
For fairy music floating soft
Upon the evening breeze.

Ah me! those pleasant, sunny days,
In youthful fancies wild,--
Rambling through the wooded dells,
A careless, happy child!
And now I sit and sigh to think
Age from childhood varies,
And never more may we be found
Looking for the fairies.


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Directions for Reading.--Which one of the stanzas should be read more
slowly than the others?

Point out the _emphatic words_ in the last four lines of the lesson.


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Language Lesson.--Which lines in each stanza end in similar sounds?

Let pupils explain the meaning of what is given below in dark type.

I've hunted in the _acorn cups_.

I've wandered with a _timid step_.

_Age from childhood varies._


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LESSON XXX.


poi'son ous, _likely to do great harm or injury_.

sep'a rate, _apart from other things_.

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