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VOICES FOR THE SPEECHLESS
SELECTIONS
FOR
SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE READING
BY
BY
ABRAHAM FIRTH
1883
1883
PREFACE.
CONTENTS BY TITLES.
INTRODUCTION.
THE BIBLE.
VOICES FOR THE SPEECHLESS.
A PRAYER.
HE PRAYETH BEST.
OUR MORALITY ON TRIAL.
SYMPATHY.
MERCY.
RESULTS AND DUTIES OF MAN'S SUPREMACY.
JUSTICE TO THE BRUTE CREATION.
CAN THEY SUFFER?
GROWTH OF HUMANE IDEAS.
MORAL LESSONS.
DUTY TO ANIMALS NOT LONG RECOGNIZED.
NATURAL RIGHTS.
"DUMB."
UPWARD.
CARE FOR THE LOWEST.
TRUST.
SAY NOT.
SEE, THROUGH THIS AIR.
THE RIGHT MUST WIN.
ANIMATED NATURE.
ANIMAL HAPPINESS.
NO GRAIN OF SAND.
HUMANITY, MERCY, AND BENEVOLENCE.
LIVING CREATURES.
NOTHING ALONE.
MAN'S RULE.
DUMB SOULS.
VIRTUE.
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
LOYALTY.
ANIMALS AND HUMAN SPEECH.
PITY.
LEARN FROM THE CREATURES.
PAIN TO ANIMALS.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
VILLAGE SOUNDS.
BUDDHISM.
FROM THE ASOKA INSCRIPTIONS.
FROM THE ASOKA INSCRIPTIONS.
OLD HINDOO.
TRUTH.
OUR PETS.
EGYPTIAN RITUAL.
BROTHERHOOD.
A BIRTHDAY ADDRESS.
TO ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, SEVENTH EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, K. G., APRIL 13, 1880.
TO ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, SEVENTH EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, K. G., APRIL 13, 1880.
SUFFERING.
TO LYDIA MARIA CHILD.
VIVISECTION.
NOBILITY.
ACTS OF MERCY.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
LOVE.
CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH.
FEELING FOR ANIMALS.
HEROIC.
EFFECT OF CRUELTY.
ASPIRATION.
THE POOR BEETLE.
THE CONSUMMATION.
PERSEVERE.
A VISION.
SPEAK GENTLY.
QUESTIONS.
HEROES.
FOR THE SAKE OF THE INNOCENT ANIMALS.
RING OUT.
FAME AND DUTY.
NO CEREMONY.
TRUE LEADERS.
BE KIND TO DUMB CREATURES.
A SONG.
A SONG.
ACTION.
"IN HIM WE LIVE."
FIRM AND FAITHFUL.
HEART SERVICE.
EXULTING SINGS.
IN HOLY BOOKS.
THE BELL OF ATRI.
AMONG THE NOBLEST.
THE FALLEN HORSE.
THE HORSE.
THE BIRTH OF THE HORSE.
FROM THE ARABIC.
FROM THE ARABIC.
TO HIS HORSE.
SYMPATHY FOR HORSE AND HOUND.
THE BLOOD HORSE.
THE CID AND BAVIECA.
THE KING OF DENMARK'S RIDE.
DO YOU KNOW?
THE BEDOUIN'S REBUKE.
FROM "THE LORD OF BUTRAGO."
"BAY BILLY."—(Extracts.)
THE RIDE OF COLLINS GRAVES.—(Extracts.)
AN INCIDENT OF THE FLOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 16, 1874.
AN INCIDENT OF THE FLOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 16, 1874.
PAUL REVERE'S RIDE.
SHERIDAN'S RIDE.—(Extracts.)
GOOD NEWS TO AIX.—(Extract.)
DYING IN HARNESS.
PLUTARCH'S HUMANITY.
THE HORSES OF ACHILLES.
THE WAR HORSE.
PEGASUS IN POUND.
THE HORSE.
FROM "THE FORAY."
ON LANDSEER'S PICTURE, "WAITING FOR MASTER."
THE BIRDS.
THE WATERFOWL.
SEA FOWL.
THE SANDPIPER.
THE BIRDS OF KILLINGWORTH.
THE MAGPIE.
THE MOCKING-BIRD.
EARLY SONGS AND SOUNDS.
THE SPARROW'S NOTE.
THE GLOW-WORM.
ST. FRANCIS TO THE BIRDS.
WORDSWORTH'S SKYLARK.
SHELLEY'S SKYLARK.—(Extracts.)
HOGG'S SKYLARK.
THE SWEET-VOICED QUIRE.
A CAGED LARK.
THE WOODLARK.
KEATS'S NIGHTINGALE.
LARK AND NIGHTINGALE.
FLIGHT OF THE BIRDS.
A CHILD'S WISH.
THE HUMMING-BIRD.
THE HUMMING-BIRD'S WEDDING
THE HEN AND THE HONEY-BEE.
SONG OF THE ROBIN.
SIR ROBIN.
THE DEAR OLD ROBINS.
ROBINS QUIT THE NEST.
LOST—THREE LITTLE ROBINS.
THE TERRIBLE SCARECROW AND ROBINS.
THE SONG SPARROW.
THE FIELD SPARROW.
THE SPARROW.
PICCOLA AND SPARROW.
LITTLE SPARROW.
THE SWALLOW.
THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST.
TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER OUR EAVES.
THE SWALLOW, THE OWL, AND THE COCK'S SHRILL CLARION IN THE "ELEGY."
THE STATUE OVER THE CATHEDRAL DOOR.
THE BIRD LET LOOSE.
THE BROWN THRUSH.
THE GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH.
THE THRUSH.
THE AZIOLA.
THE MARTEN.
JUDGE YOU AS YOU ARE?
ROBERT OF LINCOLN.
MY DOVES.
THE DOVES OF VENICE.
SONG OF THE DOVE.
WHAT THE QUAIL SAYS.
CHICK-A-DEE-DEE.
THE LINNET.
HEAR THE WOODLAND LINNET.
THE PARROT.
A TRUE STORY.
A TRUE STORY.
THE COMMON QUESTION.
WHY NOT DO IT, SIR, TO-DAY?
TO A REDBREAST.
PHOEBE.
TO THE STORK.
THE STORKS OF DELFT.
THE PHEASANT.
THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD.
WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID.
THE LEGEND OF THE CROSS-BILL.
PRETTY BIRDS.
THE LITTLE BIRD SITS.
THE LIVING SWAN.
THE STORMY PETREL.
TO THE CUCKOO.
BIRDS AT DAWN.
EVENING SONGS.
LITTLE BROWN BIRD.
LIFE'S SIGN.
A BIRD'S MINISTRY.
OF BIRDS.
BIRDS IN SPRING.
THE CANARY IN HIS CAGE.
WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S-NEST.
WHO STOLE THE EGGS?
WHAT THE BIRDS SAY.
THE WREN'S NEST.
ON ANOTHER'S SORROW.
THE SHEPHERD'S HOME.
THE WOOD-PIGEON'S HOME.
THE SHAG.
THE LOST BIRD.
THE BIRDS MUST KNOW.
THE BIRD KING.
SHADOWS OF BIRDS.
THE BIRD AND THE SHIP.
A MYTH.
THE DOG.
CUVIER ON THE DOG.
A HINDOO LEGEND.
ULYSSES AND ARGUS.
TOM.
WILLIAM OF ORANGE SAVED BY HIS DOG.
THE BLOODHOUND.
HELVELLYN.
LLEWELLYN AND HIS DOG.
LOOKING FOR PEARLS.
AN ORIENTAL LEGEND.
AN ORIENTAL LEGEND.
ROVER.
TO MY DOG "BLANCO."
THE BEGGAR AND HIS DOG.
DON.
GEIST'S GRAVE.
ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE OLD SPANIEL.
EPITAPH IN GREY FRIARS' CHURCHYARD.
FROM AN INSCRIPTION ON THE MONUMENT OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.
THE DOG.
JOHNNY'S PRIVATE ARGUMENT.
THE HARPER.
"FLIGHT."
THE IRISH WOLF-HOUND.
SIX FEET.
THERE'S ROOM ENOUGH FOR ALL.
HIS FAITHFUL DOG.
THE FAITHFUL HOUND.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE SPIDER'S LESSON.
THE SPIDER AND STORK.
THE HOMESTEAD AT EVENING.—EVANGELINE'S BEAUTIFUL HEIFER.
THE CATTLE OF A HUNDRED FARMS.
CAT-QUESTIONS.
THE NEWSBOY'S CAT.
THE CHILD AND HER PUSSY.
THE ALPINE SHEEP.
LITTLE LAMB.
COWPER'S HARE.
TURN THY HASTY FOOT ASIDE.
THE WORM TURNS.
GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET.
THE HONEY-BEES.
CUNNING BEE.
AN INSECT.
THE CHIPMUNK.
MOUNTAIN AND SQUIRREL.
TO A FIELD-MOUSE.
A SEA-SHELL.
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.
HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS.
UNOFFENDING CREATURES.
SEPTEMBER.
THE LARK.
THE SWALLOW.
RETURNING BIRDS.
THE BIRDS.
THRUSH.
LINNET.
NIGHTINGALE.
SONGSTERS.
MOHAMMEDANISM.
THE CATTLE.3
THE CATTLE.3
THE SPIDER AND THE DOVE.
THE YOUNG DOVES.
FORGIVEN.
PRAYERS.
DUMB MOUTHS.
THE PARSEES.
FROM THE ZEND AVESTA.
FROM THE ZEND AVESTA.
HINDOO.
THE TIGER.
VALUE OF ANIMALS.
SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND TITLES.
INDEX OF AUTHORS.
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