 The Judge looked back as he climbed the hill, And saw Maud Muller standing still. "A form more fair, a face more sweet, Ne'er hath it been my lot to meet. "And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair.  Littell's Living Age - Page 2581855Full view - About this book
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...wise and good as she is fair. Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of hay ; 30 No doubtful balance of rights and wrongs, Nor weary...of birds, And health, and quiet, and loving words." 8. But he thought of his sisters proud and cold, And his mother vain of her rank and gold ; So, closing... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...meet. • "And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair. " Would she were mine, and I to-day. Like her, a harvester of hay : "No doubtful balance of lights and wrongs. Nor weary lawyers with endless tongues, " But low of cattle and song of birds. And... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...to meet. " And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair. " Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of...and quiet, and loving words." But he thought of his sisters, proud and cold. And his mother, vain of her rank and gold. So, closing his heart, the Judge... | |
 | American poetry - 1910 - 532 pages
...to meet. ' And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair. ' Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of...and quiet and loving words.' But he thought of his sisters, proud and cold, And his mother, vain of her rank and gold. So, closing his heart, the Judge... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - Anthologies - 1910 - 478 pages
...to meet. "And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair. "Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of...of birds, And health and quiet and loving words." So, closing his heart, the Judge rode on, And Maud was left in the field alone. But the lawyers smiled... | |
 | John Russell Hayes - 1910 - 294 pages
...ring-doves moaned and told their gentle grief. Peace and golden tranquillity are here, if anywhere,— "Low of cattle and song of birds, And health and quiet and loving words." Here the shepherd's desires are fulfilled,—country fare of curds and cream, brimming milk pails,... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Basal reading instruction - 1910 - 424 pages
...lot to meet. 25 "And her modest answer and graceful air , Show her wise and good as she is fair. 27 "No doubtful balance of rights and wrongs, Nor weary lawyers with endless tongues, 28 "But low of cattle and song of birds, And health and quiet and loving words." But he thought of... | |
 | Deaf - 1911 - 1138 pages
...paradise. Almost every one enjoys life here as well as if he were living in his own house. Here exist— "No doubtful balance of rights and wrongs Nor weary...tongues; But low of cattle and song of birds, And peace and quiet and loving words." One of the ladies, with whom I was recently chatting, remarked that... | |
 | Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury - American poetry - 1912 - 634 pages
...to meet. "And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair. "Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of...and quiet and loving words." But he thought of his sisters proud and cold, And his mother vain of her rank and gold. So, closing his heart, the Judge... | |
 | Poetry - 1912 - 432 pages
...to meet. "And her modest answer and graceful air Show her wise and good as she is fair. "Would she were mine, and I to-day, Like her, a harvester of...and quiet and loving words." But he thought of his sisters, proud and cold, And his mother, vain of her rank and gold. So, closing his heart, the Judge... | |
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