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" THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children, They were no longer there. "
The calendar of the University college of Wales - Page xliii
by Wales univ, univ. coll. of Wales - 1878
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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1893 - 924 pages
...house-dog Was standing by the door; I If looked for his little playmates, Who would return no more. They walked not under the lindens, They played not...the hall; But shadow, and silence, and sadness Were banging over all. The birds sang in the branches, With sweet, familiar tone ; But the voices of the...
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The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with explanatory notes

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1903 - 440 pages
...a gust, . That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust. THE OPEN WINDOW THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...faces of the children, They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door ; He looked for his little playmates. Who...
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Alumni Record: West Virginia University

1903 - 274 pages
...dear familiar haunts, they would return no more. The family life of this home school was ended. ' ' I saw the nursery windows wide open to the air, But the faces of the children were no longer there. The old Newfoundland house dog that stood beside the door, He looked for his...
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Englisches Lesebuch

Wilhelm Viëtor - 1904 - 352 pages
...! " And the star was shining; and it shines upon his grave. CHARLES DICKENS. 125. THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway 5 The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air, But the faces of the...
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The Masterpieces and the History of Literature

1902 - 438 pages
...the gap which would be caused by the absence of his blameless and gracious figure. THE OPEN Wz¿ow. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...faces of the children, They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door; He looked for his little playmates, Who...
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Brooks's Readers, Volume 3

Stratton Duluth Brooks - Readers - 1906 - 260 pages
...give my love to your papa, and good night with a kiss from his friend and yours, 150 THE OPEN WINDOW THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade, And on the graveled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air, But the...
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An Historic Guide to Cambridge

Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution. Hannah Winthrop chapter, Cambridge - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1907 - 304 pages
...the Lees' time. Henry W. Longfellow thus describes the house in his pathetic poem, "The Open Window:" "The old house by the lindens Stood silent in the...the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played." The present owner of the estate, Mr. William Brewster, is the boy referred to In the poem. But alas!...
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The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis ..., Volume 9

Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1908 - 430 pages
...gap which would be caused by the absence of his blameless and gracious figure. THE OPEN WINDOW. THB old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...faces of the children, They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door ; He looked for his little playmates, Who...
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The February Boys: A Story for Children

Mrs. Molesworth - Brothers - 1909 - 296 pages
...the word ' nursery ' grows to have, when the time comes for the nestlings to have flown away ! — The nursery windows "Wide open to the air, But the faces of the children, They are no longer there 1 When Fay reached the door she stood quite still, listening, very much as old...
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Longfellow's Country

Helen Archibald Clarke - Acadians - 1909 - 346 pages
...that the poem might be attached to any home which no longer fulfilled its functions of family life. "The old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade, And on the graveled pathway The light and shadow played. "I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air; But...
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