 And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying : " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he...  Discovery: Or, The Spirit and Service of Science - Page 44by Sir Richard Gregory - 1916 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 212 pages
...years ago, In the pleasant month of May, In the beautiful Pays de Vaud, A child in its cradle lay. And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her...he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurte, Who sang to him night and day The rhvmes of the universe. THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF AGASSIZ.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...fifty years ago In the pleasant mon'h of May, In the beautiful Pays de Vaud, A child in its cradle lay. And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her...wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; ind read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature,... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1878 - 534 pages
...lines written by Longfellow upon another great lover of nature, are quite as applicable to Dick : " And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear...sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. CHAP. vi. JOY ON THE MOORS. 61 " And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1878 - 296 pages
...some other part of the wide universe of God. The poem tells us that as the boy lay in his cradle, ' Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee,..." Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thce." ' " Come wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1878 - 306 pages
..."A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." My lost Youth. And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying, " Here is a story book Thy Father has written for thee." Agassiz. February Go forth to meet the shadowy Future... | |
 | 1878 - 604 pages
...credit him with a training like that of the Swiss boy of whom it was said that — Nature, the dear old nurse, 'Took the child upon her knee, Saying, Here is a story-book Thy Father hath written for thee. In the present case the book of nature was opened to a pupil who, whilst showing... | |
 | David Worth Dennis - 1878 - 78 pages
...fifty years ago In the pleasant month of May, In the beautiful Pays de Vaud A child in its cradle lay. And Nature, the old nurse., took The child upon her knee, Saying: " Here is a story book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet uutrod;... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1878 - 508 pages
...lines written by Longfellow upon another great lover of nature, are quite as applicable to Dick : " And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sail},' to him ni^ht and day The rhymes of this universe. CHAP. vi. JOY ON THE MOORS. 61 " And whenever... | |
 | 1879 - 614 pages
...child upon her knee, Saying: ' Hero is a story-book Thy Father has written for the«, ** * Come Wu jtr with me,' she said, * Into regions yet untrod; And...the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day, Tb* rhymes of the universe. " And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1879 - 508 pages
...written by Longfellow upon another great lover of nature, are quite as applicable to Dick : " And be wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse,...sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. " And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song,... | |
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