Identifier: popularpatriotic00murp (find matches)
Title: Popular patriotic poems explained; a supplementary reader for use in public and private schools
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Murphy, D. C. (Dawsey Cope), b. 1855
Subjects: Readers
Publisher: New York city, Hinds, Noble & Eldredge
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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southern forests shade,Amid their gloom and damp,— 2 2 FLASH-LIGHTS OX AMERICAN HIS TOR Y. Thro Floridas wild everglade,Thro Mississippis swamp,—That gallant chief before his menHas ridden proud and brave.Alas ! hell never ride again !They bear him to his grave. 4. Hist! softly ! lest on Indian earYour muffled footsteps sound.The savages are quick to hear,O, scarcely touch the ground ! They reach the shore; they man the boats ; They lay him gently in ; Deep sobs arise in manly throats, Dark Spanish eyes grow dim. 5. They row—they pause ; without a soundThat dark form seeks the wave, The mighty river he has foundBecomes De Sotos grave. —M. J. Reynolds, RECREATIONS. Tell something of Pizarro; Charles V. Tell the story of De Sotos coming to America. What did he bring to America ? Through what States did De Soto march ? What river did he discover ? When ? When did De Soto die ? Why did his companions hide his body ? Where was he finally buried ? Tell about his remaining soldiers.
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TEE STORY OF PENN. 23 LESSON VIII. THE STORY OF PENN. 1. During the period of the persecutions of religious people inEurope, none were worse maltreated than the Quakers, a religioussect that believed in simple forms of worship. They believed theway most pleasing to the Father was for them to go into theirchurches, with no minister, no singing, no praying, and sit there inperfect silence, fixing their minds onty on holy things. This was sodifferent from the elaborate form of worship in other churches thatit created great excitement. People thought the Quakers actionsshowed that the)^ had gone mad, and at once began to persecute them. 2. When this had continued for some time a man aroseamong the Quakers and called the Friends together and found aplace of safety for them. William Penn was the son of a wealthyEnglish Admiral, who had been brought up to believe only in theEnglish church, and to hold in contempt Puritans and Quakers. H ehad sent his son William to Oxford College, and whilepopularpatriotic00murp

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