Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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the act of admitting someone to enter

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

how long something has existed

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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “ballad” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

(of a surface) not written or printed on

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

confined by bonds

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

for a short time

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a university in England

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

past form of “confront” — oppose, as in hostility or a competition

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

characterized by extreme care and great effort

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

destructive of morale and self-reliance

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

a particular environment or walk of life

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “example” — an item of information that is typical of a class or group

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

past form of “explore” — inquire into

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “extract” — a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

usually; as a rule

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

the act of giving

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

plural of “glade” — a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a quick look

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the emotion of great happiness

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

a narrow way or road

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

go away from a place

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

plural of “limitation” — a principle that limits the extent of something

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

filled or abounding with fog or mist

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

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From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a form of address for a man

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a brief written record

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

amounting to a large indefinite number

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

participate in games or sport

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

literature in metrical form

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

-ing form of “proclaim” — declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

give something useful or necessary to

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “rand” — the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

To recall to mind.

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

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From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

United States basketball guard (born in 1938)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

having the sense of smell

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

the act of choosing or selecting

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “son” — a male human offspring

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

lighted by sunlight

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

the first light of day

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

possessive form of “swinburne” — English poet (1837-1909)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

past form of “tempt” — dispose or incline or entice to

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

in or at that place or location

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

plural of “tourist” — someone who travels for pleasure

From this reading And always he must be proclaiming to the small tourists that there is joy, light and fresh air in that delectable country.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

the body of faculty and students at a university

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

literature in metrical form

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

precisely as stated

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

past form of “wall” — surround with a wall in order to fortify

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

German conductor (1876-1962)

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Briefly, I think that blank verse generally, and the drama as a whole, may very well be left for readers of a riper age.

which person or people

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

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From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.

plural of “willow” — any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

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From this reading The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children Author of _The Golden Age_, _Dream Days_, _The Wind in the Willows_, _etc._ Cambridge: at the University Press NOTE The Editor is indebted to the following authors and publishers for leave to reprint copyright poems: Mr W. Graham Robertson and Mr Norman Gale; Messrs Longmans Green & Co. for a poem by Walter Ramal and for a poem from Stevenson’s _Child’s Garden of Verse_, Messrs Chatto & Windus for an extract from Swinburne’s _Songs Before Sunrise_ and for a poem from Walter Thornbury’s _Ballads and Songs_, Messrs G. Routledge & Sons for a poem by Joaquin Miller, Mr Elliot Stock for an extract from a play by H. N. Maugham; and Mr John Lane for the Rands, Eugene Field, and Graham Robertson poems, and for two extracts from John Davidson’s _Fleet Street Eclogues_.

in the company of; together with

From this reading PREFACE In compiling a selection of Poetry for Children, a conscientious Editor is bound to find himself confronted with limitations so numerous as to be almost disheartening.

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

From this reading For he has to remember that his task is, not to provide simple examples of the whole range of English poetry, but to set up a wicket-gate giving attractive admission to that wide domain, with its woodland glades, its pasture and arable, its walled and scented gardens here and there, and so to its sunlit, and sometimes misty, mountain-tops--all to be more fully explored later by those who are tempted on by the first glimpse.