 You slay them all! and wherefore? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley, or some other grain, Scratched up at random by industrious feet, Searching for worm or weevil after rain!  Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ... - Page 442by United States. Department of Agriculture - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 pages
...in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...feet, Searching for worm or weevil after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. "You slay them all! and wherefore? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...feet, Searching for worm or weevil after rain! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 254 pages
...dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " You sky them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...feet, Searching for worm or weevil after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...feet, Searching for worm or weevil after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 232 pages
...neighborhood ; Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. Or rye, or barley, or some other grain, Scratched...feet, Searching for worm or weevil after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with... | |
 | washington: Government Printing Officee - 1865 - 778 pages
...half-way houses on the way to heaven." • " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? For the gain Of a scant handful, more or less, of wheat, Or rye, or barley, or some other grain, Scratched up at randem by industrious feet, Searching for worm or weevil, after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 pages
...in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley, or some other grain, Searching for worm or weevil after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songa... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 pages
...dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " Yon slay them all! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...Scratched up at random by industrious feet, Searching lor worm or weevil after rain! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 482 pages
...dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...grain, Scratched up at random by industrious feet, As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with comfortable breasts. " Do you ne'er... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...in nests, and have the gift of song. ' You slay them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...feet, Searching for worm or weevil after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with... | |
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