 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1879 - 666 pages
...Although born and inured through all her early years to poverty and toil, yet she was also an heir to '•A wish that she hardly dared to own, For something better than she had known.1' And, however cheerfully she may have taken up the burden of life and have borne it, the daily... | |
 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 pages
...to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast — A wish,...down the lane. Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple-trees, to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the spring... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...to the far-olf town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died, and a vague unrest . R. SOUTHEY. O, that this too, He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple-trees, to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the spring... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...As if . . . own. The pupil cannot fail to feel the heart-beat in this eminently Whitticr-like line. A wish, that she hardly dared to own, For something...down the lane, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade is Of the apple-trees, to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - Birthday books - 1880 - 300 pages
...gentle prudence broke to sighs, And smiles were native to her eyes As are the stars to heaven. TB Read. A nameless longing filled her breast, — A wish that...dared to own, For something better than she had known. У. G. W/tittier. • September 15. A youth was there of quiet ways, A student of old books and days... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1880 - 666 pages
...Although born and inured through all her early years to poverty and toil, yet she was also an heir to "A wish that she hardly dared to own, For something better than she had known." And, however cheerfully she may have taken up the burden of life and have borne it, the daily routine... | |
 | William Brisbane Dick - Readers - 1881 - 220 pages
...the far-off town, "White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died; and a vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast— A wish,...down the lane, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple-trees to greet the Maid, And ask a draught, from the spring... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Amusements - 1884 - 956 pages
...to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast — A wish,...down the lane, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple-trees to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the spring... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...its liillslope looking down, The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless longing fill'd her breast,— A wish, that she hardly dared to own,...down the lane, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple trees to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the spring... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - Elocution - 1881 - 402 pages
...echoed from his tree. But, when she glanced to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, A wish, that she hardly dared to own. For something...down the lane, Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane. He drew his bridle in the shade Of the apple-trees, to greet the maid, And ask a draught from the spring... | |
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But, when she glanced to the far-off town, White from its hill-slope looking down, The sweet song died, and a vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast — A wish, that she hardly dared to own, For something better than she had known. 
