 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1888 - 450 pages
...in the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw a rider draw his rein. Sometimes her narrow kitchen walls Stretched away into stately halls ; J / v> ' \J / «/ : / The weary... | |
 | Readers - 1889 - 220 pages
...in the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw a rider...timid grace, She felt his pleased eyes read her face, The weary wheel to a spinnet turned, The tallow candle an astral burned, And for him who sat by the... | |
 | Thomas William Herringshaw - American poetry - 1890 - 1032 pages
...on the meadow lot. And she heard the little spring brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall. In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw a rider draw his rein. And, gazing down with a timid grace. She felt his pleased eyes read her face. Sometimes her narrow kitchen walls Stretched... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1891 - 534 pages
...in the meadow lot. And she heard the little spring brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw a rider...astral burned, And for him who sat by the chimney l"g. Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...lot, And she heard the little spring-brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade ot the apple-tree again She saw a rider draw his rein...gazing down with timid grace, She felt his pleased eye read her face. Sometimes her narrow kitchen walls Stretched away into stately halls ; The weary... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1901 - 572 pages
...Stretched away into stately halls ; The weary wheel to a spinet turned,1 The tallow candle an astral 2 burned, * And for him who sat by the chimney lug, Dozing and grumbling o' er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty, and love was law. Then she... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1905 - 872 pages
...in the meaU.'w lot, And she heard the little spring brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw a rider draw his rein, And, ga/.ing down with timid grace, She felt his pleased eyes read her face. Sometimes her narrow kitchen... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1904 - 632 pages
...the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring brook fall 85 Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw a rider...timid grace, She felt his pleased eyes read her face. 90 Sometimes her narrow kitchen walls Stretched away into stately halls ; | The weary wheel 6p a ppihnet... | |
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... and poor, And many children played round her door. But care and sorrow, and child-birth pain, Left their traces on heart and brain. And oft, when the summer sun shone hot On the new-mown hay in the meadow lot. And she heard the little spring brook... 
