Never one has brought her any news.
Still her dim eyes silently
Chase the white sails o’er the sea:
Hopeless, faithful,
Hannah’s at the window binding shoes.
Word Exercise.
- gay´ly
- wrinkled (rĭngk´kld)
- mischief (mĭs´chif)
- hoarsely (hōrs´ly)
- boughs
- voy´age
- stitch´ing
- No-vem´ber
- whispering (hwĭs´per-ing)
- shŭd´ders
- lone´some
- Newfoundland
Phrase Exercise.
1. In a mournful muse.—2. Her heart’s adrift.—3. Hale and clever.—4. Skies aglow.—5. No tear her wasted cheek bedews.—6. Old with watching.—7. Bleach the ragged shore.—8. Silently chase.—9. Twenty seasons.—10. Hopeless Hannah.