And didst thou visit him no more ? Thou didst, thou didst, my daughter deare ; The waters laid thee at his doore, Ere yet the early dawn was clear. Thy pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place.... A Book of Women's Verse - Page 157edited by - 1921 - 191 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1889 - 466 pages
...bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. 20. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe swept out the nocks to sea ; A fatal ebbe and flow, alas! To inanye more than myne and me : But each will mourn his... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 410 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass ; That ebbe...ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's wife, Elizabeth. 1 shall never hear her more By the reedy Lindis' shore, " Cusha, Cusha, Cusha ! " calling, Ere the... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 458 pages
...thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbc swept out the flocks to sea ; A fatal ebbe and flow,...ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's wife, Elizabeth. 1 shall never hear her more By the reedy Lindis shore, "Cusha, Cusha, Cusha!" calling, Ere the early... | |
| 1890 - 632 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe...ebbe and flow, alas ! To manye more than myne and tine : But each will mourn his own (she saith), And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's... | |
| Eleanor O'Grady - 1890 - 634 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe...fatal ebbe and flow, alas! To manye more than myne and mee : But each will mourn his own (she saith); And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - 516 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, i Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe...the flocks to sea; A fatal ebbe and flow, alas! To tnanye more than myne and me: i But each will mourn his own (she sayth). And sweeter woman ne'er drew... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1890 - 460 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe swept out the flocks to sea ; A fatal ebbe and now, alas ! To manye more than myne and me : But each will mourn his own (she saith). And sweeter woman... | |
| Walter Learned - 1891 - 404 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe...ebbe and flow, alas ! To manye more than myne and mee ; But each will mourn his own (she saith), And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1892 - 668 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe...; A fatal ebbe and flow, alas ! To manye more than mync and me ; But each will mourn his own (she saith). And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my... | |
| Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1894 - 338 pages
...pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Downe drifted to thy dwelling-place. That flow strewed wrecks about the grass, That ebbe...ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's wife, Elizabeth. 1 shall never hear her more By the reedy Lindis shore, " Cusha! Cusha ! Cusha ! " calling, Ere the... | |
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