 MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health. Singing, she wrought, and her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. But when she glanced to the far-off...  Examination Papers for the Academic Year ... - Page 61893Full view - About this book
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1873 - 400 pages
...fidelity with which it depicts the scenery of New England and the peculiar habits of its people.] 1. MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet with hay. 2. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health. 3. Singing she wrought,... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - Oral reading - 1874 - 336 pages
...with her hair. 2. Stooks, shocks. MAUD MULLER. Written by JG WHITTIEE, an American poet, still living. MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet...her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. But, when she glanced to the far-off town, White from its' hill-slope looking down, The sweet song... | |
 | Noble Butler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1874 - 342 pages
...burnished dove ; In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. , ,, [Tenayson. Maud Muller on a summer's day Raked the meadow sweet...merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree.— Whittter. Meanwhile the Tuscan army, Right glorious to behold, Came flashing back the noonday light,... | |
 | 1874 - 586 pages
...so often recited at Penny Readings and such-like entertainments. It is " Maud Muller," she who — On a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet with hay....her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. Well; it is a simple tale — a mere nothing to tell — but very beautiful and very touching. A judge... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1874 - 764 pages
...First, we get the following charming portrait of Maud, and a hint as to her dissatisfied nature : — " Maud Muller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet with hay. " Beneath the torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health. " Singing, she wronght, and her... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...more than balanced by the vigor of his lyries and the intensity of his didactic passages. MAUD MULLER. MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet...rustic health. Singing, she wrought, and her merry glce The mock-bird echoed from his tree. WHITTIER. The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless... | |
 | Charles E. Callahan - 1875 - 50 pages
...cigar. [Exit It UE Enter ALICE BiiAHD/rom house. Stands on porch a moment looking thoughtfully awoy. Al. "Maud Muller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow, sweet with hay;" And if little Maud could have contented herself with her rake and her hay, and her pretty brown ankles,... | |
 | Literature - 1902 - 728 pages
...number of syllables in lines corresponding to each other ? If BO, how explain this by Whittier ? " ' Maud Muller on a summer's day Raked the meadow sweet with hay. Under her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health.' The first line begins with... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 316 pages
...horn and bred " ; Thought the young men, '"T is an angel in Mary Garv¡n' e stead ! " MAUD MULLER. MAUD MuLLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet...her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. But when she glanced to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died,... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 508 pages
...fire o» snow; For the mighty wind arises, roaring seaward, and I go. ALFRED TENNYSON. Maud Muller. MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet...her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. But when she glanced to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died,... | |
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