 | a. carrington - 1876 - 852 pages
...us If the children were no more? We should dread th» desert behind us Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and...and tender juices Have been hardened into wood. That to4he world ere children ; Through them it feeh the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 400 pages
...us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and...reaches the trunks below. Come to me, O ye children 1 And whisper in my ear Whatthe birds and thewindsare singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are... | |
 | John De Fraine - 1877 - 56 pages
...! what would the world be to us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us What the leaves are to the forest, With light and...wood,— That to the world are children; Through them it feela the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below. Come to me, 0 ye children... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...to us If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and...food, Ere their sweet and tender juices Have been harden 'd into wood, — That to the world are children ; Through them it feels the glow Of a brighter... | |
 | Emma J. Pearson - 1877 - 122 pages
..."What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air, and food, Ere their sweet and tender juices Had been hardened into wood : "That to the world are children, Through them it feels the glow Of a brighter and a sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below." LONGFELLOW. CHAPTER i. '"THE subject of these brief... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...us, If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food, Ere their sweet and tender juices j Have been hardened into wood, — That to the world are children ; Through them it feels the glow... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1877 - 528 pages
...us, If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear, What the birds and the wind are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1877 - 534 pages
...us, If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear, What the birds and the wind are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and...climate Than reaches the trunks below. Come to me, 0 ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere.... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 466 pages
...before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food, Ere their sweet and tender juices That to the world are children ; Through them it feels...and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And... | |
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What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food, Ere their sweet and tender juices Have been hardened into wood, — That to the world are children ; Through them it feels the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks... 
