is due to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Charles Scribner's Sons,
and The Whitaker and Ray Company.

Grateful acknowledgment is also made to those teachers who have given
valuable suggestions and criticisms in the compilation of this book.

THE AUTHORS.

April, 1909.

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"We live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial."

PHILIP JAMES BAILEY.




PART I.

FAMOUS RIDES, SELECTIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER POETS, AND STUDIES IN
RHYTHM

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PAUL REVERE'S RIDE

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW