 is very dreary," "Our young feet," they say, "are very weak; Few paces have we taken, yet are weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek: Ask the aged why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, And we young ones stand without,...  Poems - Page 16by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 832 pages
...looks are sad to see ; For the man's grief untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary — Our...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children ; For the outside earth is cold — And we young ones stand... | |
 | Alonzo Hill - 1831 - 584 pages
...when the poor children " Looked up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks were sad to see ; Your old earth, they say, is very dreary ; ( Our young feet, they say, are very weak ! " — who heard this cry, and responded most nobly to this appeal ? It was our kind-hearted friend,... | |
 | 1843 - 1380 pages
...looks are sad to see ; For the man's grief untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary — Our...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children ; For the outside earth is cold — And we young ones stand... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1844 - 290 pages
...looks are sad to see, For the man's grief abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy — " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" • / " Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! F?w paces have we taken, yet are weary — Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...looks are sad to see ; For the man's grief untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" " Our...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, ['ring, And we young ones stand... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 550 pages
...weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet are weary, — Our grave rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside...in our bewildering, And the graves are for the old !" "For oh," say the children, "we are weary, And we cannot run or leap, — If we cared for any meadows,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...looks are sad to see ; For man's grief abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy, — "Your old earth," they say, "is very dreary ; Our...! Few paces have we taken, yet are weary, — Our grave rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earih... | |
 | 1845 - 694 pages
...looks are sad to see, For the man's grief abhorrent drowns and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. ' " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ; Our..." are very weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet are wearv. Our grave-rest is very far to seek 1 ' Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...looks are sad to see ; For the Man's grief untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of Infancy. " Your old Earth," they say, " is very dreary! Our young...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, And we young ones stand without,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...their looks are sad to see ; For the man's grief untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. "Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" "...say, " are very weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet arc weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children,... | |
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