 | 1832 - 446 pages
...effort. " I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band, Mother ! O where is that radiant shore, Shall we not seek it...Is it where the flower of the orange blows. And the lire flies dance through the myrtle boughs? ' Not there, not there, my child.' Is it far away in some... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...THE BETTER LAND. " I HEAR thec speak of tlie Better Land, Thou callest its children a happy band ; Mother ! Oh where is that radiant shore ? Shall we...Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-Hies glance through the myrtle-boughs?' — " Not there, not there, my child!" " Is it where the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1833 - 150 pages
...Land. — MRS. HEMAHS. 1. " I hear thee speak of a better land; Thou call's! its children a happy band; Mother! oh; where is that radiant shore? Shall we...Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-Hies dance through the myrtle boughs?" — " Not there, not there, my child!" 2. " Is it where... | |
 | 1835 - 218 pages
...better land ; Thou callest its children a happy band ; Mother ! 0 where is that radiant shore ? May we not seek it, and weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs?" " Not there, not there, my child ! " "Is it where the feathery palm... | |
 | Great Britain - 1850 - 584 pages
...gold.] THE BETTER LAND. " I HEAR thee speak of a better land, Thou callest its children a happy band ; Mother, oh where is that radiant shore — Shall we...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs?" " Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the feathery palm-trees... | |
 | Thomas Harttree Cornish - Women - 1836 - 538 pages
...BETTER LAND. I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! O where is that radiant shore, — • Shall we not...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs .' " Not there, not there, my child." Is it where the feathery palm-trees... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 278 pages
...— MRs. HEM'ANS. u ] HEAR thee speak of the better land ; Thou call's! its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore ?— * Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? — Is it wbsre the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" — " Not... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1836 - 472 pages
...! THE BETTER LAND. " I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou oallest its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more 1 Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle boughs'!"... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...BETTER LAND. I hear thec speak of the Better Land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! O where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it,...Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire flies dance thro' the mynie boughs ! — Not there, not there, my child. Is it where the feathery... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1838 - 242 pages
...LandCHILD. " I HEAR thee speak of the better 'land; Thou call'st its children a happy 'band; Mother ! O, where is that 'radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and 'weep in more? Is it where the flower of the orancre 'blows, O * . And the 'fire-fliesdance through the 'myrtle... | |
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Mother, oh ! where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs? Not there, not there, my child. 
