St Nicholas [serial] . As I listened to this plaint it ceased, with one last mournful sigh,And seemed then to be harkening for me to make reply. So I said : Oh, the winter-time will soon pass away! And ere long will come the summers lengthened day;But you cannot play with snowflakes then, and toss them in the air;You cannot scud across the ice now stretched so smooth and fair. You should try to be content, my dear, with the blessings that are nigh.(And to myself I added, So should I.) ECLIPSE OF THE MOON. ( Visible in every house where this copy of St. Nicholas goes.) Directions for observing
St Nicholas [serial] . As I listened to this plaint it ceased, with one last mournful sigh,And seemed then to be harkening for me to make reply. So I said : Oh, the winter-time will soon pass away! And ere long will come the summers lengthened day;But you cannot play with snowflakes then, and toss them in the air;You cannot scud across the ice now stretched so smooth and fair. You should try to be content, my dear, with the blessings that are nigh.(And to myself I added, So should I.) ECLIPSE OF THE MOON. ( Visible in every house where this copy of St. Nicholas goes.) Directions for observing Eclipse by Charles Love Benjamin. Chart by William B. Bridge. If with this old Astronomer The moons eclipse you d view, This picture hold a foot or moreRight straight in front of you. The left eye shut, and fix the rightUpon the old mans head. Then slowly toward you bring the page(Mind now what I have said!). For if you follow closelyThe directions given here, You 11 find that at a certain pointThe moon will disappear/.
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