 ... would leave her home — For children must be fed ; And glad was she when she could buy A shilling's worth of bread. And this was all the children had On any day to eat ; They drank their water, ate their bread, But never tasted meat. One day when...  First Lessons in Gentleness and Truth - Side 89af Adelia Cleopatra Graves - 1854 - 132 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1847 - 720 sider
...our article on Egyptian tombs.— EDS.] One day the snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air ; I thought that I would go and see How these poor children were. A NECKLACE FOR LITTLE SABEre long 1 reached their cheerless home, BATH SCHOOL GIRLS. — I am no 'Twas... | |
 | 1837 - 400 sider
...ate their bread, But never tasted meat. One day when snow was falling fast, And peircing was the air, I thought that I would go and see How these poor children were. Ere long I reach'd their cheerless home 'Twas search'd by every breeze : When, going in, the eldest child I saw... | |
 | 1844 - 400 sider
...could buy A shilling's worth of bread. One day, when snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and see How these poor children were. When going in, the eldest child I saw upon his knees. Ere long I reached their cheerless home,'T was... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1844 - 184 sider
...their bread, But never tasted meat. One day, when snow was falling fast, And /piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and see How these poor children...their cheerless home ; — 'Twas searched by every breeze^1 — • When, going in, the eldest child I saw upon his knees. X I paused to ^listen Jto the... | |
 | 1848 - 602 sider
...their bread, But never tasted meat. One day, when snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and see * How these poor...reached their cheerless home — 'Twas searched by evoiy breexo — When, going in, the eldest child I saw upon his knees. I paus'd to listen to the boy... | |
 | 1849 - 854 sider
...their bread, But never tasted meat. One day, when snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and see How these poor children...Twas searched by every breeze : When going in, the oldest child I saw upon his knees. I paused to listen to the Ъоу — Ф He never raised his head... | |
 | 1851 - 412 sider
...meat. One day when snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and sec How these poor children were. Ere long, I reached...in, the eldest child I saw upon his knees. I paused, and listened to the boy: He never raised his head, But still went on and said — " Give tu This day... | |
 | 1851 - 396 sider
...meat. One day when snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and sec How these poor children were. Ere long, I reached...searched by every breeze; When going in, the eldest child 1 saw upon his knees. I paused, and listened to the boy: He never raised his head, But still went on... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - 1852 - 292 sider
...their bread, But never tasted meat. One day when snow, was falling fast, And piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and see How these poor children were. Ere long I reached their cheerless home— 'T was searched by every breeze — When, going in, the eldest child I saw upon his knees. I paused... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - 1852 - 236 sider
...ate their bread, But never tasted meat. One day when snow was falling fast, And piercing was the air, I thought that I would go and see How these poor children were. Ere long I reached their cheerless home'T was searched by every breeze — When, going in, the eldest child I saw upon his knees. I paused... | |
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