Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks ? Ye are... The Sprague Classic Readers: Book 1-5 - Page 1by Sarah E. Sprague - 1902Full view - About this book
| New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 pages
...And the wisdom of our books, When compared with their caresses, And the gladness of their looks. They are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said, For they are living poems, And all the rest are dead." Children are born into the natural world in order... | |
| 1868 - 100 pages
...play, And the questions that perplexed me Have vanished quite away. For what are all our contri Tinge , And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your...For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. WGS l'íS N PUBLIC : ) } .J;.-lt ». «V» IN» l j ч- .\ •. • ....N- j LONDON PRIDE AND GOLDEN... | |
| 1876 - 396 pages
...whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When...For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. Now is not this a very beautiful song ? Many children little know how deeply they are loved by their... | |
| Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...it feels the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When...For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. LONGFELLOW. MORAL BEAUTY. 'Tls not alone in the flush of morn, In the cowslip-bell, or the blossom... | |
| S.D. Harris - 1858 - 400 pages
...What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrirings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks f Ye are better than all the ballads That were ever sung or said ; For ye are living poems, And all... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 pages
...whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. " For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When...For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead." " Children may teach us one blessed, one enviable art — the art of being easily happy. Kind nature... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 pages
...atmosphere. 107 For what arc all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with jour caresses, And the gladness of your looks ? Ye are...For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. MY LOST YOUTH. OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When...with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks P Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said; For ye are living poems, And all... | |
| 1859 - 440 pages
...whisper in my car WhaUhe birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what arc all onr contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared...with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks ? Yc are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said ; For ye are living poems, And all... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When...For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead. MY LOST YOUTH. OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go... | |
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