{"id":1727,"date":"2023-08-25T17:54:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2024-11-26T16:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T21:38:49","slug":"the-nightingale-and-the-rose-a-tale-by-oscar-wilde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amblesideschools.org\/the-nightingale-and-the-rose-a-tale-by-oscar-wilde\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Nightingale and the Rose\u201d a tale by Oscar Wilde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;true&#8221; custom_padding_t=&#8221;30&#8243; custom_padding_b=&#8221;30&#8243; row_hide_sm=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_hide_md=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_hide_xs=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_zindex=&#8221;999&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1706720651056{background-color: #faf5eb !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><div class=\"container-fluid row_section vc_row_cp_lr_15 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So nice a critic as Matthew Arnold tells us that poetry is a criticism of life; so it is, both a criticism and an inspiration; and most of us carry in our minds tags of verse which shape our conduct more than we know;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop<br \/>\nThan when we soar.&#8221;\u00a0[Wordsworth.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,<br \/>\nGrapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.&#8221;\u00a0[Hamlet.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>A thousand thoughts that burn come to us on the wings of verse; and, conceive how our lives would be impoverished were we to awake one day and find that the Psalms had disappeared from the world and from the thoughts of men! Proverbs, too, the words of the wise king and the sayings of the common folk, come to us as if they were auguries; while the essayists deal with conduct and give much delicate instruction, which reaches us the more surely through the charm of their style.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026 Literature is full of teaching, by precept and example, concerning the management of our physical nature.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">~ <em>Ourselves<\/em>, Book 1<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In these insightful ideas, Charlotte Mason gives us a thoughtful vision to the significance and purpose of a \u2018literature lesson\u2019 to a child\u2019s education. At Ambleside Schools, we believe as she does that \u2018a child \u2018gets moral notions\u2019 from these stories. When we reflect on the Holy Spirit\u2019s working in our life, we can recall how a word or phrase, or passage may suddenly come to mind at any given time \u2014 often at \u2018just the right moment.\u2019 Quickly we recognize the voice of our Father in a Bible verse or the lines from a poem or hymn we learned long ago. Imagine when a child\u2019s mind is full of these \u2018moral notions\u2019 acquired through attentive reading and listening, narration, and thoughtful discussion from living books. The mind becomes a storehouse of ideas that Holy Spirit may use to speak to and guide us when the time is just right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following is a lovely exam narration by an Ambleside Homeschooling 2<sup>nd<\/sup> grade student from the poignant story he listened to by Oscar Wilde, \u201cThe Nightingale and the Rose\u201d with a note from the mother as she shared this with me. It is worth noting the many accurate details and the use of author\u2019s language in this thorough retelling that demonstrate the child\u2019s habit of attention and depth of engagement with the story and author (Author):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m sending this to you because I love that the Idea stuck with him! His sister, Sweet Savannah was weeping as we read this part. What a moving story<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy roses are red,\u201d said the tree, \u201cas red as the great coral fans that wave beneath the ocean. As red as the sunrise and the sunset. But this winter the frost has chilled my branches and has nipped my leaves and I will bear no roses this year. But there is one way, but it is too terrible that I dare not tell it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell it to me,\u201d said the Nightingale, \u201cI am not afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou must pierce your heart with a rose and sing your sweetest song before the sunrise comes up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a terrible price to pay,\u201d said the Nightingale, \u201cbut I will do it for the sake of true love. Surely love is a wonderful thing. It cannot be bought in the balance for gold, nor be weighed out like oranges and apples. And you cannot give any gem for it, no matter how beautiful it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the holm oak tree said, \u201cI will be sad without you, please sing me your sweetest song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And she sang her sweetest song for the oak and then went to the rose tree to press her heart against the thorn. So, she sang for a bit and then the flower started forming. The petals were pale.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPress closer little nightingale,\u201d said the tree, \u201cor dawn will come before it is finished,\u201d and she pressed closer and kept singing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And a little tinge of crimson appeared on the outside of it. \u201cPress closer, little nightingale, or dawn will come before it is finished!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, she kept singing and pressed closer. And she did that and then the time went by \u2018til it was all crimson except for the very center, for only the heart\u2019s blood of a nightingale would make the center of the rose fully crimson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, do press closer, Nightingale, or dawn will come before it is finished. 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