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Introduction Improve Your Reading is intended for those in the early stages of learning English. It contains 22 passages ranging from 200-250 words in length. The totál vocabulary used, amounting to a little over 600 words, is listed at the end of this book. The passages meet the requirements of...

TO THE QUEEN Revered, beloved—0 you that hold A nobler office upon earth Than arms, or power of brain, or birth Could give the warrior kings of old. Take, Madam, this poor book of song ; For thd' the faidts were thick as dust /« vacant chambers, I could trust Your kindness. May you rule us...