 A dreary place would be this earth> Were there no little people in it: The song of life would lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it...  Tales and Ballads - Strana 71podľa Caroline Howard Gilman - 1884 - Počet stránok 190Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1889 - Počet stránok 962
...to adopt children if only they felt they had a legal claim upon them when they had adopted them. " A dreary place would be this earth Were there no little people on it ; The song of life would lose its mirth Were there no children to begin it." Many childless men... | |
 | 1873 - Počet stránok 398
...put thee in the clelt of the rock, and will cover ihre,." THE LITTLE PEOPLE. BY JG WH1TTIER. A dfeary place would be this earth, Were there no little people...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it ; No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1893 - Počet stránok 642
...xxiv, 488, 8vo. SH Dublin. VERSES BY WHITTIER. — In which of Whittier'a poems do the lines occur: — A dreary place would be this earth Were there no little people in it! And also the lines : — Ob wlml would the world be to us If the children were no morel GCS AUTHORS... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1909 - Počet stránok 784
...on the reins of discipline. "Only to children, children sing, Only to youth will spring be spring; A dreary place would be this earth Were there no little...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it. Life's song, indeed, would lose its charm, Were there no babies to begin it; A doleful place this world... | |
 | 1863 - Počet stránok 648
...from heights of grace, And undiminished glory see. CKT — New York Evening Post. THE LITTLE PEOPLE. A DREARY place would be this earth Were there no little...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it. No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1867 - Počet stránok 128
...Of myself a part : Baby's throne, and what she rules, Is her mother's heart. ISSION OF UITTLE r EET. DREARY place would be this earth "Were there no little...lose its mirth Were there no children to begin it. No little forms like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1869 - Počet stránok 238
...bindeth up the trust ; O break it not, lest all the leaves Shall scatter and be lost. little $eople. A DREARY place would be this earth, Were there no...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it; No little forms, like buds to grow, And make th' admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - Počet stránok 292
...OSGOOD A COMPANY. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, DC THE LITTLE PEOPLE. A DREARY place would be this earth, Were there no...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it ; No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1872 - Počet stránok 710
...'tis hard for you To resist the evil, And the good to do. CF Alexander. 365. CHILDREN", Benefit of. looks and laughs at a' No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; Ко little hands on breast... | |
 | 1872 - Počet stránok 752
...one of onr sweetest singers — John G. Whittier. He opens the panorama with these lines, his own : " A dreary place would be this earth, Were there no...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it." And the last lines are from Faber's pen : " With gentle swiftness lead me on. Dear God ! to see Thy... | |
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