Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 85
THE CHILD S WORLD You, friendly Earth! how far do you go With the wheat-fields that nod and the rivers that flow,With cities and gardens, and cliffs, and isles.And people upon you for thousands of miles? Ah, you are so great, and I am so small,I tremble to think of you, World, at all;And yet, when… … By Hans Christian Andersen UT in the forest stood a pretty littleFir Tree. It had a good place; itcould have sunlight, air there was inplenty, and all around grew manylarger comrades—pines as well as firs.But the little Fir Tree wished ardentlyto become greater. It did not care forthe warm sun and…
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