 | Garland - 1847 - 104 pages
...laid, Then you are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied ; " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door And they are side by side. " My stockings there 1 often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them.... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...laid, Then are ye only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied ; " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side, 66 WE ARE SEVEN. My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 206 pages
...laid, Then are ye only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied ; " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side. 66 WE ARE SEVEN. My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground... | |
 | Tales - 1849 - 300 pages
...are only five." "Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied, "Twelve stops or more from my mother's door And they are side by...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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - 668 pages
...laid, Then ye are only five." a Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little Maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they...My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there 1 hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. And often after sun-set, Sir, When... | |
 | Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...about Your limbs tb^v ' e »\we •, It two are in tt* , ,rc\v^a*"- "**"*i Then 7e are ^ ' u \& ^ r " My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there...and sing to them. " And often after sun-set, Sir, AVhen it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. " The first that died... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 342 pages
...from my Mother's door, And they are side by side. 11. My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchiefs there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, I sit, and sing to them : 12. And often, after sun-set, Sir, "When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - Children - 1852 - 292 pages
...five." "Their graves are green, they maybe seen," The little maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from mother's door, And they are side by side. " My stockings there I often knit ; f-fily 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. "And often... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 360 pages
...Then ye are only five." 10. " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little Maid replied, " Twelve steps, or more, from my Mother's door, And they are side by side. 11. My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchiefs there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, I... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...laid, Then ye are only five.' ' Their graves are green, they may be seen,' The little maid replied, ' Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they...And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and Mr, I take my little porringer (2) And eat my supper there. (2) Porringer — a small wooden bowl.... | |
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Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied: "Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side. 
