 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 gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his...  The Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers - Page 55by Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 451 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Henry Potts - Philosophy and religion - 1889 - 806 pages
...fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin; The...nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, ' 'Twas on her knees he sat so oft and smiled.' And soon again shall music swell the breeze, Soon, issuing forth,... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...gladness fiil the vale; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin; The...days, The nurse shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, " T was on her knees he sat so oft and smiled." And soon again shall music swell the breeze; Soon,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 464 pages
...rau. Then the huge 01 shall yield the broad airloin, The ale, now brewed, iu flooda of amber ahine. And, basking in the chimney's ample blaze, 'Mid many a tale told of hi» boyiah days. The nuns shall cry, of all her ills beguiled, •>Twas on theae knees he sate so... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin; The...of all her ills beguiled, "'Twas on these knees he often sat and smiled!" And soon again shall music swell the breeze ; Soon, issuing forth, shall glitter... | |
 | English poetry - 1905 - 584 pages
...fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sir-loin ;..." 'Twas on these knees he sate so oft and smiled." Vestures of nuptial white; and hymns be sung, And violets scattered round ; and old and young, In every... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1860 - 1430 pages
...Kindeszähr', Die Schwelle weicht, auf Nimmerwiederkehr, Und ein zilr Gruft der Väter geht auch Er! Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin; The ale now brewed in floods of amber sbine: And basking in the chimneys ample blaze, Mid* many a tale told of bis boyish days, The nurse... | |
 | Books - 1819 - 578 pages
...gladness fill the vale; So soon the child a youth, tbe youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran. Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sir-loin; The...of all her ills beguiled, ' 'Twas on these knees he sat so oft and smiled.' ' One of the examples of the inappropriate use of this pronoun. And soon again... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 336 pages
...the vale ; So soon the child and youth, the youth and man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran : Then, the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin ;...of all her ills beguiled, " 'Twas on these knees he sat so oft and smiled !" In every cottage porch, with garlands green, Stand still to gaze, and, gazing,... | |
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