THE CHANGELING I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. The North American Review - Page 443edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
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...— Content to clasp her little grave, And let the world go by. — Overland Monthly. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me,...knee, That I, by the force of Nature, Might in some dim-wise divine The depth of His infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. I know not how others... | |
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| William Swinton - 1877 - 212 pages
...pronoun to some other word. II. A noun or a pronoun depending; on a preposition is in the objective case. I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the heavenly Father.s knee. Model for Parsing1. me is a personal pronoun, of the first person, singular number,... | |
| William Swinton - 1878 - 222 pages
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| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 208 pages
...each of them his lantern. And bugle, lute, and bell, and all Should each bewildered stranger call, I know not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair. EXERCISE XXI. In the following Exercise, classify all the pronouns: — What is one man's meat is another... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 pages
...nearly s]ient, One gush of light these eyes will brim, Only to think she came and went. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To...me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, Thnt I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 212 pages
...pronoun to some other word. II. A noun or a pronoun depending on a preposition is in the objective case. I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...me gently backward To the heavenly Father's knee. Model for Parsing. me is a personal pronoun, of the first person, singular number, and objective case,... | |
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