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The Children's Hour 16 Volume Set
Marjorie Barrows, Chicago The Spencer Press 1953 Hardback Used NF No dust covers
Complete set of beautiful hardbound redboard volumes with wonderful illustrations throughout. (Sold as a complete set only)
The Children's Hour by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour.
I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair.
A whisper, and then a silence: Yet I know by their merry eyes They are plotting and planning together To take me by surprise.
A sudden rush from the stairway, A sudden raid from the hall! By three doors left unguarded They enter my castle wall!
They climb up into my turret O'er the arms and back of my chair; If I try to escape, they surround me; They seem to be everywhere.
They almost devour me with kisses, Their arms about me entwine, Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine!
Do you think, O blue-eyed banditti, Because you have scaled the wall, Such an old mustache as I am Is not a match for you all!
I have you fast in my fortress, And will not let you depart, But put you down into the dungeon In the round-tower of my heart.
And there will I keep you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away!
Includes Volumes:
1. First Story Book
2. Favorite Fairy Tales
3. Old Time Favorites
4. Caravan of Fun
5. Best Loved Poems
6. Stories of Today
7. Favorite Mystery Stories
8. Myths and Legends
9. From Many Lands
10.School and Sport
11.Along Blazed Trails
12.Stories of Long Ago
13.Roads to Adventure
14.Favorite Animal Stories
15.Leaders and Heroes
16.Science Fiction & Reader's Guide
In-Stock NOW at YDBS. Ships Next Business Day.
LCDCH1 45.00
Price:
449.00 USD
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