 BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 363by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888Full view - About this book
 | 1902 - 724 pages
...gray hornet artisans ! " The sturdy little chap has stolen his way quite into our hearts. " Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons. And thy merry-whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - 1078 pages
...alone is Lord and God! **THB BAREFOOT BOY. Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheeks of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry...thee joy — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art — the grown-up man Only is republican. Let the million-dollared ride ! Barefoot, trudging at... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 616 pages
...on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek rf tan ! With ihy turned-up pantaloons, And thy mem- whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed...give thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince ihou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican. Let the million-dnllared ride ! Barefoot, trudging... | |
 | 1902 - 684 pages
...little man, Barefoot boy with cheek of tan ! With thy tuftied-up pantaloons, And thy merry-w histled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries...heart I give thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy ! " But the climax is reached when the teacher, probably feeling it necessary for him to take a hand,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 570 pages
...He hath gone before ! " THE BAREFOOT BOY. BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot hoy, with cheek rf tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry...hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy tom brim's jaunty grace ; From my heart I give thee joy, — I was once a harefoot hoy ! Prince thou... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 pages
...sympathy with lowly child-life, in that home-like poem entitled II.— The Barefoot Boy. 1. Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan...thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican. Let the million-dollared ride ! Barefoot, trudging at... | |
 | William Sloane Kennedy - 1882 - 324 pages
...undidactic poems as " The Barefoot Boy." " Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tanl With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled...on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace." Also, such fine poems as " Flowers in Winter" and "To My Old Schoolmaster;" as well as the excellent... | |
| |
