 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1865 - 316 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...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. And often after sun-set, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 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...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. And often after sun-set, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little... | |
 | Alexander Balloch Grosart - Infant salvation - 1865 - 136 pages
...are green, they may be seen,' The little maid replied, 'Twelve steps or more from my mother's doer, And they are side by side. My stockings there I often...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,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Readers and speakers - 1865 - 300 pages
...Then ye arc only five." 9. " 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. 10. " My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit —... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 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...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,... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 280 pages
...' Their graves are green, they may be seen,' The little maid replied ; ' Twelve steps or more from mother's door, And they are side by side. ' My stockings...upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. ' The first that died was little Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God relieved her of her pain,... | |
 | Reason - Children's poetry - 1866 - 82 pages
..., 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...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... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 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...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. " The first that died was sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released... | |
 | American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) - Freed persons - 1866 - 278 pages
..." Seven boys and girls are we ; Two of us in the churchyard lie, Beneath the churchyard tree. 7. " My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there...upon the ground I sit, — I sit and sing to them. 8. " And often, after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...green, they may be seen," The little maid replied ; [door, " Twelve steps or more from my mother's And they are side by side. " My stockings there I...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... | |
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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. 
