For my sport the squirrel played, Plied the snouted mole his spade; For my taste the blackberry cone Purpled over hedge and stone; Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from... Child life, poems, ed. by J.G. Whittier - Page 29by Child life - 1874Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall. Talked with me from fall to fall; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond,...horizon grew Larger grew my riches too ; All the world 1 saw or knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! Oh, for festal dainties... | |
| 1897 - 404 pages
...for my delight Through the day and through the night. Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond,...horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too; All the world I sawor knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy! О for festal danties spread,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall ; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel...complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, — Pewter spoon and bowl of wood,... | |
| John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...bending orchard trees, Apples of Hespcrides ! Still, as my horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too ; 888 All the world I saw or knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, Pewter spoon and bowl of wood, On... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall ; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel...complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread,-— Pewter spoon and bowl of wood,... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 276 pages
...for my delight Through the day, and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall ; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel...complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! 4. O for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, — Pewter spoon and bowl of wood,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall ; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel...complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! O, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread,— Pewter spoon and bowl of wood,... | |
| 1853 - 322 pages
...for my delight Through the day, and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall ; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel...slopes beyond, Mine on bending orchard trees Apples of Hes perides ! Still as my horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too ; All the world I saw or knew Seemed... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 292 pages
...for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall ; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel...complex Chinese toy, Fashioned for a barefoot boy I 0, for festal dainties spread, Like my bowl of milk and bread, — Pewter spoon and bowl of wood,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 506 pages
...pond, Mine the walont slopes heyond, Mine, on hending orchard trees, Apples of Hesperides 1 Sti¡l as my horizon grew, Larger grew my riches too ; All...knew Seemed a complex Chinese toy. Fashioned for a harefoot hoy 1 O for festal dainties spread. Like my howl of milk and hread, — Pewter spoon and howl... | |
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