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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...R. Lowell. LESSON CLX. READING AND CONVERSATION. Read the second part of The Vision of Sir Launfal and tell what lesson you learn from the whole poem. It is one of the most beautiful poems in the English language. TO THE TEACHER. The following poems by William Cullen Bryant are suggested for supplementary work or for reading lessons during the study of the Bryant chapter:--To the Fringed Gentian. The Crowded Street. The Planting of the Apple-Tree. The Snow-Shower. A Song for New-Year's Eve. March. The Yellow Violet. A Summer Ramble. A Scene on the Banks of the Hudson. Hymn of the City. The Battlefield. The Land of Dreams. An Invitation to the Country. The New and the Old. Not Yet. The Little People of the Snow. 134 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Read carefully the following sketch of Bryant's life:--William Cullen Bryant was born in Cummington, Massachusetts, Nov. 3, 1794. His father was a physician, and his mother was the daughter of a soldier of the Revolution. It is said that the child's head was deemed too large for his body and, for remedy, the father gave orders that he should be ducked every morning in an adjoining spring. The mother disapproved of this treatment, and the young poet himself fought stoutly against it. Nevertheless it was continued until, in time, body and head attained proper proportions. Bryant's boyhood was like that of other country boys--maplesugar frolics, "apple-parings," house-raisings, etc., being some of the forms of amusement he most enjoyed. 136 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. His mother took charge of his early education, his father and uncle sometimes assisting. He was sent away from home to finish his preparation for college, and was ready to enter the sophomore class at " Williams " just before he reached the age of sixt...
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