 Few paces have we taken, yet are weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek: Ask the aged why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, And we young ones stand without, in our bewildering, And the graves are for the old.  Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine - Page 95edited by - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Alonzo Hill - 1831 - 584 pages
...when the poor children " Looked up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks were sad to see ; Your old earth, they say, is very dreary ; ( Our young feet, they say, are very weak ! " — who heard this cry, and responded most nobly to this appeal ? It was our kind-hearted friend,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1844 - 290 pages
...looks are sad to see, For the man's grief abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy — " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" • / " Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! F?w paces have we taken, yet are weary — Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...looks are sad to see ; For man's grief abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy, — "Your old earth," they say, "is very dreary ; Our...! Few paces have we taken, yet are weary, — Our grave rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earih... | |
 | 1845 - 694 pages
...looks are sad to see, For the man's grief abhorrent drowns and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. ' " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ; Our..." are very weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet are wearv. Our grave-rest is very far to seek 1 ' Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...their looks are sad to see ; For the man's grief untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. "Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" "...say, " are very weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet arc weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children,... | |
 | Alonzo Hill - 1852 - 34 pages
...when the poor children " Looked up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks were sad to see ; Your old earth, they say, is very dreary ; Our young feet, they say, are very weak ! " — who heard this cry, and responded most nobly to this appeal ? It was our kind-hearted friend,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 pages
...looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary anguish draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy — ' Your old earth,' they say, ' is very dreary ; ' '...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek. Ask the aged why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, And we young ones stand without,... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...looks are sad to see, For the man's grief abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy — " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" " Our...are weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. 27 Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth... | |
 | Samuel Osgood - 1854 - 346 pages
...looks are sad to see, For the man's grief abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheek of infancy — " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" "Our...taken, yet are weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seekl" Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, — And we young... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1854 - 234 pages
...hear the children weeping, 0 my brothers ? — Do you question the young children in their sorrow f Your old earth, they say, is very dreary. — Our young feet, they say, are very weak. — The graves are for the old. — Little Alice died last year ; — We looked into the pit prepared... | |
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