SCERT English Class 8
THE NIGHT AT THE HOTEL
THE NIGHT AT THE HOTEL - SIEGFRIED LENZ The night receptionist regretfully shrugged his shoulders. 'It's all we have available ,' he said…
SCERT English Class 8
THE INCHCAPE ROCK
The Inchcape Rock No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was as still as she could be. Her sails from heaven received no motion. Her keel …
SCERT English Class 8
SIX AND OUT
Six and Out The pitch was only smooth in parts; It sank at either crease, And motor vans and bakers' carts At times disturbed the peace. The bowl…
SCERT English Class 8
MESSIAH OF THE HUMBLE
MESSIAH OF THE HUMBLE By Shyamal Roy Beggars are a faceless entity in India, their presence only distinguishable by a whining voice or a sleeve pluck…
SCERT English Class 8
MALLIKA
Mallika Don't call my daughter Mallika, Call her by any other name ..... Don't call my daughter Mallika It only increases my pain.... And br…
SCERT English Class 8
THE NIGHT OF THE SCORPION
Night of the Scorpion I rememeber the night my mother Was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours Of steady rain had driven him To crawl beneath a sack of ri…
SCERT English Class 8
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down on as …
SCERT English Class 8
THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE
The Eagle and the Beetle A beetle loved a certain hare And wandered with him everywhere; They went to fairs and feasts together, Took walks in any k…
SCERT English Class 8
AT YUMTHANG
AT YUMTHANG I stand here at the edge of the sky Fields of flowers extend about my feet. Release the string…
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ENEMIES, PEOPLE
Enemies, People -Yevgeny Yevtushenko In ’41, Mama took me back to Moscow. There I saw our enemies for the first time. If my memory is right, near…
SCERT English Class 8
NO MEN ARE FOREIGN
No Men Are Foreign Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes Like ours: the land our brothers w…
