 Let vapid idlers loll in silk Around their costly board ; Give us the bowl of samp and milk, By homespun beauty poured ! Where'er the wide old kitchen hearth Sends up its smoky curls, Who will not thank the kindly earth, And bless our farmer girls ! Then...  The Heath Readers by Grades - Page 851907Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 144 pages
...frosted leaves, And bear the treasure home. There, richer than the fabled gift Apollo showered of old, Fair hands the broken grain shall sift, And knead...us, for His golden corn, Send up our thanks to God ! THE LUMBERMEN. WILDLY round our woodland quarters, Sad-voiced Autumn grieves ; Thickly down these... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1851 - 142 pages
...frosted leaves, And bear the treasure home. There, richer than the fabled gift Apollo showered of old, Fair hands the broken grain shall sift, And knead...us, for His golden corn, Send up our thanks to God ! THE LUMBERMEN. WILDLY round our woodland quarters, Sad-voiced Autumn grieves ; Thickly down these... | |
 | Clavin Henderson Wiley - 1855 - 380 pages
...Give us the bowl of samp and milk, By homespun beauty pour'd ! Where'er the wide old kitchen-hearth Sends up its smoky curls, Who will not thank the kindly...us, for his golden corn, Send up our thanks to God ! WHITTIER: American Poet, THE FISHERIES. — Eastern North-Carolina abounds in fish, oysters, turtles,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...earth withhold her goodly root, Let mildew blight the rye, Give to the worm the orchard's fruit, r The wheat-field to the fly : But, let the good old...let us for His golden corn Send up our thanks to God ! LESSON CXXXIII. Song of Death. — HOUSEHOLD WORDS. SHRINK not, 0 Human Spirit, The Everlasting arm... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...Sends up its smoky curls, \Vh" will not thank the kindly earth, And bless our corn-fed girls ! * * ASD CECELTV CALLED 'SPOETISG.' To make him sport, Scud up our thanks to God ! HOOD'S "SEASON." SUMMER 's gone and over ! Fogs are falling down ; And... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pages
...hearth Sends up its smoky curls, Who will not thank the kindly earth, And bless our corn-fed girls ! * * URAL PHI 1 Hia Golden Corn HOOD'S "SEASON." SCMHEK 's gone and over ! Fogs are falling down ; And with russet... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...and vain. Whose folly laughs to scorn The blessing of our hardy grain, Our wealth of golden torn ! Let earth withhold her goodly root, Let mildew blight...us, for his golden corn, Send up our thanks to God ! THE LUMBERMEN. WILDLY round our woodland quarters, Sad-voiced Autumn grieves ; Thickly down these... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...root, Let mildew blight the rye, Give to the worm the orchard's fruit. The wheat-field to the fly: 13 But let the good old crop adorn The hills our fathers...us, for his golden corn. Send up our thanks to God ! XL — PARALLEL BETWEEN POPE AND DRYDEN JOHNSON. [SAMUEL JOHNSON was born in Litchfleld, England,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...Where'er the wide old kitchen hearth Sends up its smoky curls, Who will not thank the kindly earth, Then shame on all the proud and vain, Whose folly...us, for his golden corn, Send up our thanks to God ! THE LUMBERMEN. WILDLY round our woodland quarters, Sad-voiced Autumn grieves ; Thickly down these... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 pages
...Where'er the wide old kitchen hearth Sends up its smoky curls, Who will not thank the kindly earth, Then shame on all the proud and vain, Whose folly...us, for his golden corn, Send up our thanks to God 1 THE LUMBERMEN. WILDLY round our woodland quarters, Sad-voiced Autumn grieves ; Thickly down these... | |
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