The Pearl And the Octopus And Other Exercises in Prose Verse
The Pearl And the Octopus And Other Exercises in Prose Verse
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They came down helter-skelter, and the stones flew in their wake And they risked their necks, quite careless of a fall, For they knew the tarnished honour of the district was at stake But the Englishman rode straightest of them all ! He brought his mount in lengths ahead, a-tremble and a-foam ; When the others straggled after in a tail, He was talking to the girls about the hunting leaps " at home " Forty feet of ditch beyond a nine-foot rail ! He feared he had done badly since he saw they look...ed askance, But he wished he had his Shetland pony there He had ridden when a youngster that he might have had a chance To show the girls what Englishmen could dare 1 And the boys of Adaminaby, with faces long and glum, Loosed bridles and rode silently away : They felt too sick for cursing, but they wished in Kingdom Come The Johnny who had beaten them that day. But jolly Annie Laurie was with indignation full, And she gathered all the girls together there : Says she, " The boys have failed to get this Johnny by the wool, So we girls will try and catch him by the hair.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They came down helter-skelter, and the stones flew in their wake And they risked their necks, quite careless of a fall, For they knew the tarnished honour of the district was at stake But the Englishman rode straightest of them all ! He brought his mount in lengths ahead, a-tremble and a-foam ; When the others straggled after in a tail, He was talking to the girls about the hunting leaps " at home " Forty feet of ditch beyond a nine-foot rail ! He feared he had done badly since he saw they look...ed askance, But he wished he had his Shetland pony there He had ridden when a youngster that he might have had a chance To show the girls what Englishmen could dare 1 And the boys of Adaminaby, with faces long and glum, Loosed bridles and rode silently away : They felt too sick for cursing, but they wished in Kingdom Come The Johnny who had beaten them that day. But jolly Annie Laurie was with indignation full, And she gathered all the girls together there : Says she, " The boys have failed to get this Johnny by the wool, So we girls will try and catch him by the hair.
What to read after The Pearl And the Octopus And Other Exercises in Prose Verse?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by A G Alfred George Stephens to read onlineMoreLess
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