 My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient, being dead. Then, fearing lest...  Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine - Page 327edited by - 1877Full view - About this book
 | 1879 - 736 pages
...little poem, though scarcely any one will read it without a sob, and none will ever forget it : — "My little son, who looked from thoughtful eyes, And...quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His mother, who was patient, being... | |
 | 1877 - 798 pages
...lightest and most terrestrial of these odes is that entitled "The Toys": — " My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes, And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient, being... | |
 | 1877 - 790 pages
...lightest and most terrestrial of these odes is that entitled "The Toys":— "My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes, And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient, being... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 pages
...floods Had first been gathered there. RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH. THE TOYS. • little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes, And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey 'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient,... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 462 pages
...floods Had first been gathered there. RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH. xcv. THE TOYS. little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes, And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient, being... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1879 - 264 pages
...Country's best, its accent hit, And partly sound its polity. THE TOYS. JV/TY little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes, *"* And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient, being... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1879 - 248 pages
...Country's best, its accent hit, And partly sound its polity. THE TOYS. JV/TY little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes, And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient, being... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1880 - 434 pages
...read Patmore's lines, ' My Little Son' ? No ? Well, I will say them, for they are on my heart: '• My little son, who looked from thoughtful eyes, And...quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His mother, who was patient, being... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1881 - 424 pages
...read Patmore's lines, ' My Little Son ' ? No ? Well, I will say them, for they are on my heart : '• My little son, who looked from thoughtful eyes, And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having ray law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His mother,... | |
 | 1883 - 378 pages
...and the Child's unheeded dream Is all the light of all their day. THE TOYS My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes, And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him, and dismiss'd With hard words and unkiss'd, His Mother, who was patient, being... | |
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