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
| Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 360 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...fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yield the broad 7 sirloin ; The ale, new brew'd in floods of • amber shine ; And basking in the chimney's ample blaze,... | |
| Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 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 sat so oft and smiled." And... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1881 - 428 pages
...eire. A few ihort yean — 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...broad sirloin, The ale, now brewed, in floods of amber ehiue. And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told of hie boyish days. The nurse... | |
| James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 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...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... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 326 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... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - English poetry - 1883 - 498 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...fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yield the broad surloin ; The ale, now brewed, in floods of amber shine ; And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze,... | |
| James Drummond Carmichael - Civil engineers - 1883 - 310 pages
...training of a more technical nature. IV. WORK AND RETIREMENT. 1867-1874. Mi. 18-25. " So soon the boy a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran." " Thy way, not mine, 0 Lord, However dark it be ! Lead me by Thine own hand, Choose out the path for... | |
| Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youtb, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers...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 sat so oft and smiled ! "... | |
| Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 256 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, new brew'd in floods of 9 amber, shine ; And basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 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... | |
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