 Nor long summer bide so late; And I could grow on like the foxglove and aster, For some things are ill to wait. I wait for the day when dear hearts shall discover, While dear hands are laid on my head: "The child is a woman, the book may close over. For...  Sebie Dorr; or, 'A dream of the past'. - Page 101by Elizabeth Allnatt - 1880 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1904 - 738 pages
...found a clipping from some poet's corner, a bit of school-girl verse : " I wait for the story—the birds cannot sing it, Not one as he sits on the tree,...long years, oh, bring it, Such as I wish it to be." He read it twice, and very gently, almost reverently, he put the book aside. Anger seemed to take itself... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...are laid on my head ; " The child is a woman, the book may close over, For all the lessons are said." I wait for my story, — the birds cannot sing it,...long years, oh, bring it ! Such as I wish it to be. SEVEN TIMES TRBEE. — LOVE. I leaned out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark was the garden,... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1863 - 344 pages
...are laid on my head ; ' The child is a woman, the book may close over, For all the lessons are said.' I wait for my story — the birds cannot sing it,...the tree ; The bells cannot ring it, but long years, O bring it ! Such as I wish it to be. SEVEN TIMES THREE. LOVE. I LEANED out of window, I smelt the... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1863 - 274 pages
...are laid on my head ; ' The child is a woman, the book may close over, For all the lessons are said.' I wait for my story — the birds cannot sing it,...the tree ; The bells cannot ring it, but long years, O bring it ! SEVEN TIMES THREE. LOVE. 1 leaned out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1863 - 554 pages
...are laid on my head ; "The child is a woman, the book may close over. For all the lessons are said." I wait for my story — the birds cannot sing it, Not one, as he sits on the tree ; The hells cannot ring it, but long years, O bring it ! Such as I wish it to be. SEVEN TIMES THREE. LOVE.... | |
 | Beatrice (fict. name.) - 1864 - 140 pages
...What is going to happen ? Tell roe ! Just then the stranger stood upon the threshold. 77 CHAPTER XI. " I wait for my story — the birds cannot sing it, Not one, as he Bits on the tree ; The bells cannot ring it, but long years will bring it, Is it such as I wish it... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 562 pages
...are laid on my head; " The child is a woman, the book may close over, For all the lessons are said." I wait for my story— the birds cannot sing it, Not...the tree ; The bells cannot ring it, but long years, O bring it ! Such as I wish it to be. SEVEN TIMES THREE.— LOVE. I LEANED out of window, I smelt the... | |
 | 1866 - 344 pages
...laid on my head, " The child is a woman ; the book may close over ; For all the lessons are said." I wait for my story : the birds cannot sing it, —...bring it, Such as I wish it to be ! Jean Ingelow. 4HYMN OR SONG. sLESSONS OR ADDRESS.' 6. REC ITA TI ON : THE SILENT LAND. XNTO the Silent Land, Ah!... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1866 - 274 pages
...are laid on my head ; "The child is a woman, the book may close over, For all the lessons are said." I wait for my story — the birds cannot sing it,...the tree ; The bells cannot ring it, but long years, 0 bring it ! SEVEN TB1ES THREE. LOVE. I LEANED out of window, I smelt the white clover, Dark, dark... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1866 - 82 pages
...are laid on my head, " The child is a woman, the book may close over, For all the lessons are said." I wait for my story — the birds cannot sing it,...the tree ; The bells cannot ring it, but long years, О bring it ! Such as I wish it to be. Seven times Three. LOVE. 1 LEANED out of window, I smelt the... | |
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