As a fond mother, when the day is o'er, Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leave his broken playthings on the floor, Still gazing at them through the open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By... Saint Jospeh Medical Herald - Page 1331913Full view - About this book
| 1905 - 616 pages
...through the open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which though more splendid may not please him more ; " So...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - 1905 - 738 pages
...open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, 25* 25? Which, though more splendid, may not please him more; So...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1907 - 308 pages
...through the open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not please him more ; So...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905 - 746 pages
...eee the Lij'c, vol. i, p. 12. Which, though more splendid, may not Yet me thy threatening form doth not please him more; So Nature deals with us, and...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| James Stark - 1907 - 200 pages
...through the open door, Not wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, May not please him more : So...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| 1907 - 210 pages
...through the open door; Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not please him more; So...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| Sarah Smith - 1907 - 136 pages
...wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings,...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| John Erskine, Hellen Erskine - 1910 - 88 pages
...through the open door. Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not please him more; So...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing If we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 686 pages
...reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings...by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown... | |
| William Murison - 1910 - 416 pages
...child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led And leave his broken playthings on the floor; So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest." Similes and metaphors should be in harmony with the tone of the subjects which they illustrate —... | |
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