| David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 396 pages
...tenderness of the images are irresistibly enchanting. How exquisite is the description at the close ! " My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us,— rest, thou art weary and worn ; And fain was their war-broken... | |
| David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 370 pages
...tenderness of the images are irresistibly enchanting. How exquisite is the description at the close ! " My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us, — rest, thou art weary and worn ; And fain was their war-broken... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 pages
...me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom wa« young; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft,...and my weeping friends never to part: My little ones kiss'd me a thousand times o'er. And my wife sobb'd aloud in her fullness of heart. Stay, stay with... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young;...bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the eora-reapera sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore From my home and my weeping friends... | |
| Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young : I heard my own mountain-goat bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...To the house of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields, traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young;...knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. They pledged me the wine cup, and fondly I swore From my home and my weeping friends never to part;... | |
| Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. bey pledged me the wine cup, and fondly I swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part : y little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobb'd aloud in the fulness of heart —... | |
| Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 pages
...To the house of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields, traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom wa.s young ; I heard my own mountain -goats bleating aloft, And well knew the strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we... | |
| John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...way To the home of my fathere, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields, traversed BO oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young; I heard my own mountain goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn reapers lung. Then pledged we... | |
| John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields, traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ;...strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine cup, and fondly I swore From my home and my weeping friends never to part; My little ones kiss'd... | |
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