 | Walter Aimwell - Children - 1858 - 282 pages
...all," she said, And wondering looked at me. " And who are they ? I pray you, tell." She answered, " Seven are we ; And two of us at Conway dwell, And...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...little maid, Your limbs they are alive ; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little...upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. WE ARE SEVEN. I take my little porringer. And eat my supper there. The first that died was little Jane... | |
 | Book - Children's poetry, English - 1858 - 124 pages
...little maid, Your limbs they are alive ; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then are ye only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sit and sing to them. And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little... | |
 | Children - 1858 - 240 pages
...little maid, Your limbs they are alive ; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little... | |
 | George Watson (publisher.) - 1859 - 152 pages
...little maid, Your limbs they are alive ; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little...sing to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it ia light and fair, I take my little porringer And eat my supper there. " The first that died was little... | |
 | Children - 1859 - 198 pages
...little Maid, Your limbs they are alive; If two are in the church-yard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. And often after sunset, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer,... | |
 | Book - 1859 - 334 pages
...little maid, Your limbs they are ulive ; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little...kerchief there I hem, And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. " And often, after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey, George Croly - China - 1859 - 350 pages
...assertion of their graves as lying in the churchyard, in order to prove that they were living: " ' Their graves are green, they may be seen,' The little...from my mother's door, And they are side by side. And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 348 pages
...assertion of their graves as lying in the churchyard, in order to prove that they were living : " ' Their graves are green, they may be seen,' The little...from my mother's door, And they are side by side. And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 202 pages
...little maid; Your limbs they are alive : If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green ; they may be seen," The little maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from mother's door, " My stockings there I often knit; My 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground... | |
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Then did the little maid reply, "Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the churchyard lie, Beneath the churchyard tree." "You run about, my little maid, Your limbs they are alive; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." "Their graves... 
