| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 pages
...in the shade, . And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children,...not under the lindens, They played not in the hall; The birds sang in the branches, With sweet, familiar tone ; But the voices of the children Will be... | |
| English poetry - 1865 - 410 pages
...their borrowed glare, Sinks to the heart, and finds its dwelling there. ANON. THE DESERTED HOME. HE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...faces of the children, They were no longer there. 258 The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door ; He looked for his little playmates... | |
| Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...silent in the shade, And on the gravell'd pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ! But the faces of the children, They were no longer there. * Lime trees. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door ; He looked for his little... | |
| Robert Hall Baynes - 1880 - 674 pages
...without further introduction, again make their acquaintance. CHAPTER VIII. " I saw the nnrsery windows Wide open to the air ! But the faces of the children, They were no longer there. " Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day, Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
| Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...silent in the shade, And on the gravell'd pathway The light and shadow play'd. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air • But the faces of the children,...Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door; He look'd for his little play-mates, Who would return no more. They walk'd not under the lindens, They... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 322 pages
...silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children,...large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door ; They walked not under the lindens, They played not in the hall ; But shadow, and silence, and sadness... | |
| Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 198 pages
...silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children,...They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house dog Was standing by the door ; He looked for his little playmates, Who would return no more.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 294 pages
...silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children,...not under the lindens, They played not in the hall ; The birds sang in the branches, With sweet, familiar tone ; But the voices of the children Will be... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Shipley - 1873 - 288 pages
...in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. " I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children They were no longer there." LONGFELLOW. IN the same downcast spirit Emily and Margaret returned to town ; but here they found much... | |
| Rose-Buds, Rose-buds, Author of Our valley - 1873 - 292 pages
...pleasure in it with the thought of Waveney upon his mind. CHAPTER XIII. " I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air; But the faces of the children, They were no longer there. They walked not under the lindens, They played not in the hall ; But shadow, and silence, and sadness,... | |
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