 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1885 - 124 pages
...'"HE world is so full of a number of things, -•- I 'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. XXV THE WIND I SAW you toss the kites on high And blow...heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song ! I saw the different things... | |
 | Thomas W. Handford - 1885 - 170 pages
...upon the pillow hill, Ami sees before him field and plain— The pleasant Land of Counterpane. II. THE WIND. I saw you toss the kites on high, And blow...you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass— O wind, a-blowing all dav long! 0 wind, that sings so loud a song! 1 saw the different things you did,... | |
 | 1885 - 846 pages
...us ample opportunity of illustrating what we mean. Take, for example, this admirable little poem on the wind: — I saw you toss the kites on high And...heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song ! I saw the different things... | |
 | 1885 - 858 pages
...blower, are yon young or old ? Arc you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me ? О wind, a-blowing all day long, О wind, that sings so loud a song. That is not only a true poem, but a poem that expresses the child's wonder at the invisible force of... | |
 | 1916 - 336 pages
..."Listen," said the Pussy Willow "I can hear a bird, Spring has come, it is the sweetest Song I ever heard." "I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky." "Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I But when the leaves hang trembling, The Wind is passing by."... | |
 | 1893 - 322 pages
...Choose Thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in. THE WIND I saw you toss the kites on high And blow...heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song ! I saw the different things... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - 1893 - 248 pages
...THE WIND. Articulation.— toss ; song; heard | you ; different; birds | about ; kites | on | high. I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds...heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass — O wind, a-blowing all day long! O wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things'... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 400 pages
...THOUGHT HE world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. XXV THE WIND I SAW you toss the kites on high And blow...heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things you... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 394 pages
...THOUGHT HE world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. XXV THE WIND I SAW you toss the kites on high And blow...heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a songl I saw the different things you... | |
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I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky; And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things you did, But always... 
