My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. "The first that died was... First Book of Poetry for Elementary Schools - Page 26by Frederic Charles Cook - 1851Full view - About this book
| Jean Roemer - 1857 - 332 pages
...hem, And there upon the ground I git— I sit and sing to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer,...went away. " So in the churchyard she was laid ; And all the summer dry, Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I. " And when the ground... | |
| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1857 - 492 pages
...brother and sister, that she may " sit and sing to them/' he heightens the contrast yet more, — " The first that died was little Jane : In bed she moaning...churchyard she was laid ; And when the grass was dry, Toffftlier round her grave we played, My brother John and I. And when the ground was white with snow,... | |
| 1857 - 496 pages
...brother and sister, that she may " sit and sing to them," he heightens the contrast yet more, — " The first that died was little Jane : In bed she moaning...churchyard she was laid ; And when the grass was dry, Toi;fther round her grave we played, My brother John and L And when the ground was white with snow,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...hem. And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. "And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer,...my supper there. " The first that died was little Jano ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released her of her pain, And then she went away. " So in the... | |
| Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. " And often, after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. " The first that died was sister Jane, In bed she moaning lay ; Till God released her of her pain, And then she went away. "... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...upon the ground I sit— I sit and sing to them.— Edit. 1815. And often after sun-set, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. The first that died was sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released her of her pain ; And then she went away. So... | |
| 1857 - 300 pages
...sit and sing to them. " And often after sunset, sir, "When it is light and fair, WE ABE SEVEN. Ill I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. " The first that died was sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till GOD released her of her pain ; And then she went away. "... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1858 - 108 pages
...hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer,...went away ! " So in the churchyard she was laid ; And all the summer dry, Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I. " And when the ground... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pages
...hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. And often after sunset, Sir, When it is light and fair. I take my little porringer....: And then she went away. So in the churchyard she waa laid ; And all the summer dry, Together round her grave wo play'd. My brother John and 1. And when... | |
| WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. WE ARE SEVEN. I take my little porringer. And eat my supper there....went away. So in the churchyard she was laid ; And all the summer dry, Together round her grave we play'd, My brother John and I. And when the ground... | |
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