1. He often looked at them,
And often thought, “I’ll make them man and
wife.”—_Tennyson._
2. The natives of the island supposed that the ships had sailed
out of the crystal firmament, or had descended from above
on their ample wings.—_Irving._
3. Here lies his head upon the lap of earth,
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown.—_Gray._
4. By chance it happened that in Atri dwelt
A knight, with spur on heel and sword in belt.—_Longfellow._
5. With a sword or a hatchet in one hand and a knife in the
other, they threw themselves against the throng of
enemies, striking and stabbing with the fury of madmen,
till the Iroquois fired volley after volley, and shot them
down.—_Parkman._
6. Cheerily, then, my little man,
Live and laugh, as boyhood can!
Though the flinty slopes be hard,
Stubble-speared the new-mown sward,
Every morn shall lead thee through
Fresh baptisms of the dew.—_Whittier._