Ah ! what would the world be to us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food, Ere their sweet and tender juices Have been hardened into... The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems - Page 106by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ann Jane - 1867 - 252 pages
...up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." RALPH HAMMOND. " WHAT the leaves are to the forest, With light and...into wood ; " That to the world are children, Through thenvit feels the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below." "la he not... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...And the first fall of the snow. Ah! what would the world be to us, If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark...and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below. Come to me, O ye children*. And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your... | |
| 1868 - 738 pages
...And the first fall of the snow. Oh ! what would the world be to us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark...Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunk below. True Courage. 2 7 1 Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and... | |
| Animal welfare - 1889 - 226 pages
...building of It* kind In the irorld. [Printed by kind permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co.] CHILDREN. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and...and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below. Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your... | |
| John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...And the first fall of the snow. Ah! what would the world be to ua If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark...and tender juices Have been hardened into wood,— What to the world are children; Through them it feels the glow Of a brighter and sunnier climate Than... | |
| John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...1 what would the world be to us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind na Worse than the dark before. What the leaves are to...light and air for food, Ere their sweet and tender juicec Have been hardened into wood, — What to the world are children ; Through them it feels the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 246 pages
...ns If the ehildren were no more ? We shonld dread the desert hehind ns Worse than the dark hefore. What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food. Ere their sweet and tcnder iniees Have heen hardened into wood,— That to the world are ehildren ; Throngh thiчn it feels... | |
| Great Britain - 1868 - 978 pages
...loot towards the sun, Where thoughts are singing swallowa, And the brooks of morning run ; " — for" What the leaves are to the forest, With light and air for food, Ere their sweetly tender juiceĢ Hare hardened into wood, " That to the world are children ; Through them it... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...And the first fall of the snow. Ah ! what would the world be to us, If the children were no more? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark...and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below. Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your... | |
| 1871 - 314 pages
...And the first fall of the snow. Ah ! what would the world be to us If the children were no more ? We should dread the desert behind us Worse than the dark...and sunnier climate Than reaches the trunks below. Come to me, 0 ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your... | |
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