Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary SchoolsTHE PROMISED LANDReading editionChapter navigation46 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…MODERN PROSE AND POETRY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSWITH NOTES, STUDY HELPS, AND READING LISTSMARGARET ASHMUN, M.A.PREFACEA DAY AT LAGUERRE'SQUITE SOPAN IN WALL STREETTHE HAND OF LINCOLNJEAN VALJEANA COMBAT ON THE SANDSTHE GRASSHOPPERMOLYTHE PROMISED LAND(From Chapter IX of The Promised Land)WARBLE FOR LILAC-TIMEWHEN I HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTRONOMERVIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHTODYSSEUS IN PHAEACIAODYSSEUSA ROMANCE OF REAL LIFETHE WILD RIDECHRISTMAS IN THE WOODSGLOUCESTER MOORSROAD-HYMN FOR THE STARTON A SOLDIER FALLEN IN THE PHILIPPINESTHE COON DOGON THE LIFE-MASK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNA FIRE AMONG THE GIANTSWAITINGTHE PONT DU GARD(Chapter xxvi of A Little Tour in France)THE YOUNGEST SON OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSETENNESSEE'S PARTNERTHE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORYWHAT I KNOW ABOUT GARDENINGTHE SINGING MANTHE DANCE OF THE BON-ODORI(From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Volume I, Chapter VI)THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSTHOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO E.S. MORSEWILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY TO JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODYBRET HARTE TO HIS WIFELAFCADIO HEARN TO BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAINCHARLES ELIOT NORTON TO WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSEXERCISES IN DRAMATIC COMPOSITIONMODERN BOOKS FOR HOME READINGPrevious chapter ←MOLYNext chapter →(From Chapter IX of The Promised Land)All chapters and sections (46)Other sectionsMODERN PROSE AND POETRY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSWITH NOTES, STUDY HELPS, AND READING LISTSMARGARET ASHMUN, M.A.PREFACEA DAY AT LAGUERRE'SQUITE SOPAN IN WALL STREETTHE HAND OF LINCOLNJEAN VALJEANA COMBAT ON THE SANDSTHE GRASSHOPPERMOLYTHE PROMISED LANDChapters9Other sectionsWARBLE FOR LILAC-TIMEWHEN I HEARD THE LEARN'D ASTRONOMERVIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ONE NIGHTODYSSEUS IN PHAEACIAODYSSEUSA ROMANCE OF REAL LIFETHE WILD RIDECHRISTMAS IN THE WOODSGLOUCESTER MOORSROAD-HYMN FOR THE STARTON A SOLDIER FALLEN IN THE PHILIPPINESTHE COON DOGON THE LIFE-MASK OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNA FIRE AMONG THE GIANTSWAITINGTHE PONT DU GARDChapters26Other sectionsTHE YOUNGEST SON OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSETENNESSEE'S PARTNERTHE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORYWHAT I KNOW ABOUT GARDENINGTHE SINGING MANTHE DANCE OF THE BON-ODORI(From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Volume I, Chapter VI)THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSTHOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO E.S. MORSEWILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY TO JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODYBRET HARTE TO HIS WIFELAFCADIO HEARN TO BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAINCHARLES ELIOT NORTON TO WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSEXERCISES IN DRAMATIC COMPOSITIONMODERN BOOKS FOR HOME READINGMARY ANTIN← MOLY(From Chapter IX of The Promised Land) →