 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 336 pages
...nature. He comes from the farm, and his memory is stored with boyhood's wild and curious lore, with " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's...morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and place, Fight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 334 pages
...nature. He cornea from the farm, and his memory is stored with boyhood's wild and curious lore, with " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's...morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and place, Fight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of 'the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1884 - 336 pages
...nature. He comes from the farm, and his memory is stored with boyhood's wild and curious lore, with " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild-flower's tune and place, Fight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his... | |
 | 1890 - 746 pages
...unknown." He was " The Barefoot Boy " of his own poem, and in the meadows by this house gained the " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase. Of the wild flowers time and place, Might of bird, and habitude Of the tenants of the wood." He tells now,... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1885 - 446 pages
...for boyhood's painless play; Sleep that wakes in laughing day; Health that mocks the doctor's rules; Knowledge, (never learned of schools) Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl, and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1888 - 570 pages
...laughing day, Health that mocks the doctor's rules, Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wjld bee's morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and...habitude Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise hears his shell. How the woodchuck digs his cell, AaJ the grourd-mole sinks his well ; How the robin... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1888 - 320 pages
...Happy the child who has the encouragement and help of its parents in searching out nature's secrets: " How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks his well; How the robin feeds her young, And the oriole's nest is hung." Do I hear you say, " I have no leisure for such things"? Will you let... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1888 - 320 pages
...Happy the child who has the encouragement and help of its parents in searching out nature's secrets: " How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks his well; How the robin feeds her young, And the oriole's nest is hung." Do I hear you say, " I have no leisure for such things"? "Will you... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...for boyhood's painless play, Sleep that wakes in laughing day, Health that mocks the doctor's rules, Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...doctor's rules, Knowledge never learned of schools: Of the wild bees' morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the...How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole digs his well; How the robin feeds her young, How the oriole's nest is hung Where the whitest lilies... | |
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Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood... 
