Child Life: A Collection of PoemsJohn Greenleaf Whittier J. R. Osgood, 1872 - 263 pages An anthology of poems by nineteenth-century authors from various countries about the experiences of childhood. |
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... crown ; but go on , glorious Martyr , yet monarch ! till angels shout , As thou sittest at the feet of God victorious , " Philip , the King ! " Author of " John Halifax . " A MOTHER'S EXCUSE . Ir comes again , the blessed 14 CHILD LIFE .
... crown ; but go on , glorious Martyr , yet monarch ! till angels shout , As thou sittest at the feet of God victorious , " Philip , the King ! " Author of " John Halifax . " A MOTHER'S EXCUSE . Ir comes again , the blessed 14 CHILD LIFE .
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... blessed day , Made glorious by the Saviour's birth , When faintly in a manger dawned The light of God which fills the earth . Along a weary , wintry waste , My heart a loving pilgrim wends Her pious way , this holy time , To greet you ...
... blessed day , Made glorious by the Saviour's birth , When faintly in a manger dawned The light of God which fills the earth . Along a weary , wintry waste , My heart a loving pilgrim wends Her pious way , this holy time , To greet you ...
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... blessed Christ - child may she be , A little maiden of the Lord ; - Room for her by the Christmas - tree ! - Grace ... blessing for ever and ever Will follow them 16 CHILD LIFE . Christ and the Little Ones Julia Gill,
... blessed Christ - child may she be , A little maiden of the Lord ; - Room for her by the Christmas - tree ! - Grace ... blessing for ever and ever Will follow them 16 CHILD LIFE . Christ and the Little Ones Julia Gill,
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A Collection of Poems John Greenleaf Whittier. For a blessing for ever and ever Will follow them as they go . " So over the hills of Judah , Along by the vine - rows green , With Esther asleep on her bosom , And Rachel her brothers ...
A Collection of Poems John Greenleaf Whittier. For a blessing for ever and ever Will follow them as they go . " So over the hills of Judah , Along by the vine - rows green , With Esther asleep on her bosom , And Rachel her brothers ...
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... bless it upon my breast ; Yet it lies in my little one's cradle , And sits in my little one's chair , And the light of the heaven she's gone to , Transfigures its golden hair . - James Russell Lowell . DEATH OF AN INFANT . A HOST of ...
... bless it upon my breast ; Yet it lies in my little one's cradle , And sits in my little one's chair , And the light of the heaven she's gone to , Transfigures its golden hair . - James Russell Lowell . DEATH OF AN INFANT . A HOST of ...
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Page 164 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away! I remember, I remember, The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of light!
Page 210 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, Beneath the churchyard tree." "You run about, my little maid, Your limbs they are alive; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." "Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied, "Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side.
Page 209 - Two of us in the church-yard lie, My sister and my brother ; And, in the church-yard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 240 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Page 97 - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges.
Page 238 - Were shatter'd at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, Most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke, As they had basted been. But still he seem'd to carry weight, With leathern girdle braced ; For all might see the bottle-necks, Still dangling at his waist.
Page 164 - I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from- Heaven Than when I was a boy.
Page 237 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly like streamer long and gay, Till, loop and button failing both, at last it flew away. Then might all people well discern the bottles he had slung; A bottle swinging at each side, as hath been said or sung. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, up flew the windows all, And every soul cried out,
Page 143 - Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St.
Page 131 - Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" So I sang the same again, While he wept with joy to hear. "Piper, sit thee down and write In a book, that all may read.