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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... never in our hearts before Was love so lovely born : We felt we had a link between This real world and that unseen The land beyond the morn . And for the love of those dear eyes , For love of her whom God led forth , ( The mother's ...
... never in our hearts before Was love so lovely born : We felt we had a link between This real world and that unseen The land beyond the morn . And for the love of those dear eyes , For love of her whom God led forth , ( The mother's ...
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... never was a child to us , We never held her being's key , We could not teach her holy things ; She was Christ's self in purity . It came upon us by degrees : We saw its shadow ere it fell , The knowledge that our God had sent His ...
... never was a child to us , We never held her being's key , We could not teach her holy things ; She was Christ's self in purity . It came upon us by degrees : We saw its shadow ere it fell , The knowledge that our God had sent His ...
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... never could have thought , O God , That she must wither up , Almost before a day was flown , Like the morning - glory's cup ; We never thought to see her droop Her fair and noble head , Till she lay stretched before our eyes , Wilted ...
... never could have thought , O God , That she must wither up , Almost before a day was flown , Like the morning - glory's cup ; We never thought to see her droop Her fair and noble head , Till she lay stretched before our eyes , Wilted ...
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... , And smiles as she never smiled : When I wake in the morning , I see it Where she always used to lie , And I feel as weak as a violet Alone ' neath the awful sky : As weak , yet as trustful also For the whole 26 26 CHILD LIFE .
... , And smiles as she never smiled : When I wake in the morning , I see it Where she always used to lie , And I feel as weak as a violet Alone ' neath the awful sky : As weak , yet as trustful also For the whole 26 26 CHILD LIFE .
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... never a sad - eyed mother But may catch the glory afar ; Since safe in the Lord Christ's bosom , Are the keys of the gates ajar ; Close hid in the dear Christ's bosom , And the gates forever ajar ! -From the Italian. ̧ OUT OF DOORS ...
... never a sad - eyed mother But may catch the glory afar ; Since safe in the Lord Christ's bosom , Are the keys of the gates ajar ; Close hid in the dear Christ's bosom , And the gates forever ajar ! -From the Italian. ̧ OUT OF DOORS ...
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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.