 | Alice Cary - 1874 - 324 pages
...where was the child delaying ? On the homeward way was he, ' And across the dike while the sun was up An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather flowers, Now listening to the sound, ID As the angry waters dashed themselves Against their narrow bound. " Ah ! well for us," said Peter,... | |
 | Alice Cary - 1873 - 328 pages
...where was the child delaying ? On the homeward way was he, And across the dike while the sun was up An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather flowers, As the angry waters dashed themselves Against their narrow bound. " Ah ! well for us," said Peter,... | |
 | Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer - 1876 - 468 pages
...where was the child delaying ? On the homeward way was he, And ,i( nis-. the dike while the sun was up' An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather...tends them carefully, Or they would not hold you long ! You 're a wicked sea," said Peter ; " I know why you fret and chafe ; You would like to spoil our... | |
 | Alice Cary, Mary Clemmer - 1876 - 464 pages
...where was the child delaying ? On the homeward way was he, And across the dike while the sun was up An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather...gates are good and strong, And my father tends them carefullv, Or they would not hold you long ! You 're a wicked sea," said Peter ; " I know why you fret... | |
 | 1877 - 296 pages
...where was the child delaying? On the homeward way was he, And across the dike while the sun was up An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather...tends them carefully, Or they would not hold you long ! " You 're a wicked sea," said Peter ; " I know why you fret and chafe ; You would like to spoil our... | |
 | M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 pages
...child delaying ? On the homeward way was he, And across the Dike, while the sun was up, An hour before the sea. He was stopping now to gather flowers, Now listening to the sound Of the angry waves as they dashed themselves " Ah, well for us," said Peter, " That the gates are good... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 pages
...where was the child delaying ? On the homeward way was he, And across the dike while the sun was up ll some good from me ! Might my poor lyre but give...resolve impart ; Light in one drooping soul a hallowed ! You 're a wicked sea," said Peter ; " I know why you fret and chafe ; You would like to spoil our... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - 1881 - 220 pages
...where was the child delaying? Oil the homeward way was he, Aud across the dike while the suii was up An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather...well for us," said Peter, " That the gates are good aud strong, And my father tends them carefully, Or they would not hold you long ! " " You 're a wicked... | |
 | Caroline Bigelow Le Row - 1882 - 222 pages
...across the dike while the suu was up An hour above the sea. He was stooping to gather flowers, And listening to the sound, As the angry waters dashed...know why you fret and chafe: You would like to spoil out- lands and homes, But our sluices keep you safe !" But hark! Through the noise of waters Comes... | |
 | Alice Cary - 1886 - 388 pages
...where was the child delaying ? On the homeward way was he, And across the dike while the sun was up An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather...father tends them carefully, Or they would not hold vou long ! You 're a wicked sea," said Peter ; " I know why you fret and chafe ; You would like to... | |
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An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather flowers, Now listening to the sound, As the angry waters dashed themselves Against their narrow bound. 
