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 191
uch as grate the ground.Why, Ive nothing but my life—heres my head!cries Herve Riel. Not a minute more to wait.Steer us in, then, small and great! Take the helm, lead the line, save the squadron!cried its chief.Captains, give the sailor place! He is Admiral, in brief.Still the north-wind, by Gods… … THEY FOLLOW IN A FLOCK How they follow in a flock,Not a ship that misbehaves, not a keel that gratesthe ground, Herve Kiel 173 Not a spar that comes to grief!The peril, see, is past,All are harbored to the last,And just as Herve Riel hollas Anchor!—sure as fateUp the English come, too late! So, the…
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