| American poetry - 1852 - 196 pages
...lanb. BY F. HEMAN3. I HEAR thee speak of the better land ; Tliou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant shore, — Shall...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... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...MARY HOWITT. " I HEAR thee speak of the better land; Thou call'st its children a happy band: Mother! 0 where is that radiant shore ?— Shall we not seek...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs! " Not there, not there, my child I" " Is it where the feathery palm-trees... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...THE BETTER LAND. 1. "I HEAR thee speak of the better land; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother'! oh, where is' that radiant shore? Shall we...the flower of the orange "'"blows, And the fireflies dance through the myrtle boughs ? " " Not there, not there, my child ! " 2. " Is it where the + feathery... | |
| Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pages
...much for you? HEMANS. "I HEAE thee speak of the better laud, 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... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...heart. TUB BETTER LAND. " I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou callest its children a happy band ; Mother! oh where is that radiant shore? Shall we not...Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the firc-iHcx glnnce through the myrtle houghs?" — " Not there, not there, my child !" Dreams cannot... | |
| J H. Aitken - Elocution - 1853 - 378 pages
...LAND. " I Lear 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,...the flower of the orange blows ? And the fireflies dance thro' the myrtle boughs ? " " Not there, not there, my child ! " •' Is it where the feathery... | |
| Clara Arnold - Animal welfare - 1853 - 166 pages
...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 seek it,...the flower of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance through the myrtle boughs ? " " Not there, not there, my child." " Is it where the feathery palm... | |
| Jeremiah Dodsworth - Future life - 1853 - 312 pages
...mother, saying : — " I hear thee speak of a better land, — Thou callest its children a happy band ; Mother, oh ! where is that radiant shore ? Shall we...more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows? Or the fire-flies glance through the myrtle boughs ? ' Jfot there, not there, my child,' Is it where... | |
| W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...speak of the better land ; Thou callest its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant W shore, — Shall we not seek it, and weep no more...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies P) dance through the myrtle boughs ? ' Not there, not there, my child ! ' Is it where the feathery... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...better land; TLou call'st its children a happy band; Movher'l oh, where is' that, radiant shore? ShaL! we not seek it, and weep no more'? Is it where the flower of the orange + blows, And the fireflies dance through the myrtle boughs ? " "Not there, not there, my child!" 2. "Is it where the + feathery... | |
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