For now the caudle-cup is circling there, Now, glad at heart, the gossips breathe their prayer, And, crowding, stop the cradle to admire The babe, the sleeping Image of his sire, A few short years — and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and... Poems - Page 76by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
| Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...sire. A few short years, and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze, Mid many a talc told of his boyish days, The nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, 1 F 141 " 'Twas on these... | |
| Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 pages
...A few short years — and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...ample blaze, Mid many a tale told of his boyish days, The nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, '"Twas on these knees he sate so oft and smiled." And... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...few short years — and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; 10 So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin ; The ale, now brew'd, in floods of amber shine; And basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 15 Mid many a tale told... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...A few short years — and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man. Eager...Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin ; The a!c, now brewed, in floods of amber shine : And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a... | |
| Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...sire. A few short years, and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told of his boyish days, The nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled : ' 'Twas on her knees he sat so oft and smiled.' And... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...sire. A few short years, and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin ; The ale, now brew'd, in floods of amber shine ; And basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told... | |
| William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 pages
...A few short years — and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin : The ale, now brew'd in floods of amber shine : And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told... | |
| John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 200 pages
...A few short years — and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin ; The ale, new brewed, in floods of amber shine ; And basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told... | |
| School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...sire. A few short years, and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told of his boyish days, The nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, " 'Twas on her knees he sat so oft and smiled." And... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...sire. A few short years, and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; brew'd, in floods of ambor shine ; And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told... | |
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