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" The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright — And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business... "
A School Reader - Page 221
by Fanny E. Coe - 1908
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The pilgrim of Scandinavia

Charles John S.G. Canning (3rd baron Garvagh.) - 1875 - 254 pages
...saw this glorious mountain from the window, rising within easy reach. It was a fine morning ; and " You could not see a cloud, because — no cloud was in the sky." but never till to-day having attempted any glacier work, various causes of delay prevented me from...
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The Pilgrim of Scandinavia

Charles John Spencer George Canning baron Garvagh - 1875 - 254 pages
...saw this glorious mountain from the window, rising within easy reach. It was a fine morning ; and " You could not see a cloud, because — no cloud was in the sky." but never till to-day having attempted any glacier work, various causes of delay prevented me from...
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Under the Northern Lights

Januarius Aloysius MacGahan - 1876 - 434 pages
...because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had no business to be there After the day was done. '...rude of him,' she said, ' To come and spoil the fun.' " It was now bed-time. The women brought their blankets aft and spread them down on the floor of the...
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Under the Northern Lights

Januarius Aloysius MacGahan - 1876 - 446 pages
...middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the suu Had no business to bo there After the day was done. ' It's very rude of him,' she said, ' To come and spoil the fun.' " It was now bed-time. The women brought their blankets aft and spread them down on the floor of the...
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The modern elocutionist, compiled and ed. by J.A. Jennings

John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...to make The billows smooth and bright — And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought...were flying over-head — There were no birds to fly. The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand ; They wept like anything to see Such quantities...
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The Witty and Humorous of the English Poets: With Specimens Arranged in Periods

William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 pages
...night I Diving away in the crowd Of sparkling frets in spray, The bratticed wrackers are singing alond, The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry...were flying overhead — There were no birds to fly. The whole motive of the ballad is humorous to the core : the incongruity of detail is exquisite in...
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Standard Supplementary Readers, Book 3

William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 282 pages
...to make The billows smooth and bright : And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. 2. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought...rude of him," she said, " To come, and spoil the fun ! " 3. The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. You could not see a cloud, because...
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Book of Tales, Being School Readings, Imaginative and Emotional in Prose and ...

William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 294 pages
...to make The billows smooth aml bright : And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. 2. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought...rude of him," she said, " To come, and spoil the fun ! " 3. The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. You could not see a cloud, because...
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The Analysis of Sentences

Henry B. Buckham - 1881 - 270 pages
...emphasis of Cowper, the clerk of the court. 13. This is as much too large as the other was too small. 14. The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. 15. It would be far easier to die for my friend than to live without him. ^ 16. This little goblin...
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By Fell and Fjord: Or, Scenes and Studies in Iceland

Elizabeth Jane Oswald - 1882 - 306 pages
...cold yellow ; the moon rose and added her glitter to the rest, but her light did not count for much. " The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought...got no business to be there After the day was done." Boats put off from the shore, and people arrived ; among others, our old friend Thorgrimur Gudmundsen...
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