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
| Literature - 1857 - 240 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 ale, now brewed, in floods of amber shine: And lurking in the chimney's ample blaze, Mid many a tale told of his boyish days, The nurse shall cry,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...sire. A few short years, and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the rale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager...run the race his fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yicld the hroad sirloin ; The ale, now hrew'd, in floods of amher shine ; And hasking in the chimney's... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 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, " 'T was on these knees he sate so oft and smiled."... | |
| England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 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 these knees he sate so oft, and smiled."... | |
| S. R. - 1860 - 306 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 these knees he sat so oft and smiled.' And... | |
| Evenings - 1860 - 386 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... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - Boys - 1860 - 458 pages
...and " three cheers for Home," have died away. CHAPTER THE FIFTH. SAINT WERNER'S. " So soon the boy, a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran." ROGERS' Human Life. THE last day at Harton came; the last chapel-service in that fair school fabric... | |
| John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 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 of... | |
| Languages, Modern - 1861 - 996 pages
...sire. A few short years — and then these sounds ehall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale. So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran. Dann gibt soin Lendenstück der Riesenstier, In duft'gen Flaschen schäumt ein Meer von Bier, Und schluchzend... | |
| Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 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 to run the race bis fathers ran, Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin; The ale, now brewed, in floods of... | |
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