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Holidays at Home; Written for the Amusement of Young Persons
Holidays at Home Written for the Amusement of Young Persons Author:Charlotte Sanders General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1803 Original Publisher: Printed by J. Swaine, for T.H. Burnton Subjects: Children's stories Conduct of life Drama / General Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Games / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Drama Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General Juvenile No... more »nfiction / Poetry / Nursery Rhymes Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Drama Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE GRANDSIRE's TALE. When swell'd by ev'ning gales the peal, That shook the village spire; Fair Emma from the wheel would steal, To cheer an aged sire. " Ah! do not be so sad," she cries, " For wint'ry storms are o'er; " And summer ev'ry want supplies " In nature's rip'ning store : " Serener skies the hills surround; " How warm the gentle breeze : " See! how the moonbeam gilds the ground, " And plays among the trees. " Let us beside the cottage door " The rural meal prepare, And there the lib'ral season's store " Beneath the woodbine share." -- " Tis true, the wint'ry whirlwind's past," Replied the hoary sage ; '' Yet shall Misfortune's tempest last, " To wreck the bark of age." -- " Restrain the thought, my grandsire dear," Resum'd the tender child ; " To storms succeed a zenith clear; " To whirliuinJs, xepbyrs mild. " Behold an all-creative Hand " Dispensing ever Good ; " By whom the seasons, at command, " Return with fruits and food. " And shall not these, if we pursue " The track of virtue giv'n, " A scene of happinefs renew " That lifts the mind to Heav'n ? " Ah ! why, my sire, shouldst thou complain ? " Each gloomy thought dispel: " Dejection cannot long remain " With those who'v...« less