He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because," — the brown eyes lower fell, — "Because, you see,... Littell's Living Age - Page 1381896Full view - About this book
| 1982 - 348 pages
...snow To right and left, he lingered; -- As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's...eyes lower fell, -- "Because, you see, I love you!" Still memory to a gray -haired man That sweet child face is showing. Dear girl: the grasses on her... | |
| Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 pages
...snow To right and left, he lingered— As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. , He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's...eyes lower fell— "Because, you see, I love you!" Still memory to a grey-haired man That sweet child-face is showing. Dear girl! the grasses on her grave... | |
| 1876 - 590 pages
...snow To right and left, he lingered. As restlessly her tiny hands The blue checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes ; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the trembling of her voice, As if a fault confessing. " I'm sorry that I spelt the word ; I hate to go... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...childish favour singled: His cap pulled low upon a face Where pride and shame were mingled. (1. 21-24) 14 reth lightly. E1L; GBL; NOBE; NoP; OBSC; OxBoLi; OxBSP;...The Hunting of Cupid 3 And as my wit doth best devis Still memory to a grey-haired man That sweet child-face is showing. Dear girl! the grasses on her grave... | |
| Laura Wexler - 2000 - 384 pages
...snow To right and left, he lingered; — As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's...eyes lower fell,— "Because you see, I love you!" Still memory to a gray-haired man That sweet child-face is showing. Dear girl! the grasses on her grave... | |
| Ken Tate, Janice Tate - 2001 - 164 pages
...snow To right and left, he lingered — As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes: he felt The soft hand's...to go above you. Because" — the brown eyes lower fell"Because, you see, I love you!" Still memory to a grey-haired man That sweet child-face is showing.... | |
| William Rothman - 2004 - 428 pages
...his own sympathetic affection for her - with a priceless title: "Susie, like the girl in the verse: 'I'm sorry that I spelt the word, I hate to go above...eyes lower fell, 'Because, you see, I love you.'" Griffith's ability to "get inside" Susie is also manifest at the beginning of this sequence when he... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 2004 - 219 pages
...The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, "I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because,"—the brown eyes lower fell,"Because, you see, I love you!" Still memory to a gray-haired... | |
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