Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, Volume 5Jeannette Leonard Gilder O.T. Harris, 1910 - Literature |
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... grass in the side - streets , enough to betoken quiet without pro- claiming decay , I think I could go to pieces , after my life's work were done , in one of those tranquil places , as sweetly as in any cradle that an old man may be ...
... grass in the side - streets , enough to betoken quiet without pro- claiming decay , I think I could go to pieces , after my life's work were done , in one of those tranquil places , as sweetly as in any cradle that an old man may be ...
Page 55
... With the sky above my feet , ' And the grass beneath my feet , For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel , Before I knew the woes of want , And the walk that costs a meal ! 66 " O ! but for one short hour ! 55 THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.
... With the sky above my feet , ' And the grass beneath my feet , For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel , Before I knew the woes of want , And the walk that costs a meal ! 66 " O ! but for one short hour ! 55 THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.
Page 144
... grasses mellow , Mellow , mellow ; Quit your cowslips , cowslips yellow ; Come uppe Whitefoot , come uppe Lightfoot , Quit the stalks of parsley hollow , Hollow , hollow ; Come uppe Jetty , rise and follow , From the clovers lift your ...
... grasses mellow , Mellow , mellow ; Quit your cowslips , cowslips yellow ; Come uppe Whitefoot , come uppe Lightfoot , Quit the stalks of parsley hollow , Hollow , hollow ; Come uppe Jetty , rise and follow , From the clovers lift your ...
Page 146
... beat , Before a shallow seething wave Sobbed in the grasses at oure feet : The feet had hardly time to flee Before it brake against the knee , And all the world was in the sea . Upon the roofe we sate that night , The noise 146 JEAN ...
... beat , Before a shallow seething wave Sobbed in the grasses at oure feet : The feet had hardly time to flee Before it brake against the knee , And all the world was in the sea . Upon the roofe we sate that night , The noise 146 JEAN ...
Page 147
... grass , That ebbe swept out the flocks to sea ; A fatal ebbe and flow , alas ! To manye more than myne and mee : But each will mourn his own ( she saith ) , And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's wife , Elizabeth . I shall ...
... grass , That ebbe swept out the flocks to sea ; A fatal ebbe and flow , alas ! To manye more than myne and mee : But each will mourn his own ( she saith ) , And sweeter woman ne'er drew breath Than my sonne's wife , Elizabeth . I shall ...
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