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... The Dublin Review - Page 691874Full view - About this book
| William Swinton - English language - 1877 - 278 pages
...of yon high eastern hill. 8. Short-lived likings may be bred By a glance from fickle eyes. 9. Under her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health. 10. Night, sable goddess, from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1878 - 446 pages
...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 with hay....her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast, — A wish, that... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 556 pages
...aged couple stood, And the fair Canadian also, in her modest maidenhood. MAUD MULLER. MAUD MULLER, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet with hay....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,... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Children's literature - 1878 - 280 pages
...stress in reading, we have this simple general principle : EXAMPLES. I. (Smooth Stress.) " Maud Muller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow sweet with hay....her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. " The judge looked back as he climbed the hill, And saw Maud Muller standing still. " ' A form more... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1878 - 422 pages
...shall then be somebody's child. MAUD MULLER. [Simple conversational style ; avoid rhythm.] Maud Muller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadow, sweet with hay....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,... | |
| Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 pages
...II CASE. MAUD MULLBR. [Simple conversational style ; avoid rhythm.] Maud Muller, on a summer's dny, Raked the meadow, sweet with hay. Beneath her torn...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... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...and the maiden dead Jomi MAÜD MULLER. ЯП," MAUD MULLER. MAUD MUI.LEB, on a summer's day, tiaked the meadow sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed...wrought, and her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from hie tree. But, when she glanced to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 580 pages
...stead ! " MAUD MÜLLER. MAUD MÜLLER, on a summer's day, liakcd the meadow sweet with hay. Heneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and...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,... | |
| John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...feet, and worshipped Him. NP WILLIS. MAUD MULLER. Maud Miiller, on a summer's day, Raked the meadows sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth...beauty and rustic health. Singing, she wrought, and a merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. But when she glanced to the far-off town, White from... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1878 - 412 pages
...peculiar habits of its people.] 1. MAUD MULLER,* on a summer's day, Eaked the meadow sweet with hay. 2. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic health. 3. Singing she wrought, and her merry glee The mock-bird echoed from his tree. 4. But, when she glanced... | |
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