| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 200 páginas
...Old Caspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by ; And then the old man shook his head And with a natural sigh : — " 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,"..." For many thousand men," said he, " Were slain in the great victory." " Now tell us what 'twas all about, (Young Peterkin, he cries ; And little Wilhelmine... | |
| 1844 - 206 páginas
...Caspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by ; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh — "'Tis some poor fellow's skull,"...plough, The ploughshare turns them out ; For many a thousand men," said he " Were slain in the Great Victory." " Now tell us what 'twas all about," Young... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 70 páginas
...boy, Who stood expectant by ; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, " 'T is some poor fellow's skull," said he, Who fell in the great victory. " I find them in the garden, For there 's many hereabout ; And often, when I go to plough, The ploughshare turns them out ! For many... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 páginas
...from the boy, Who stood expectant by, And first the old man shook his head, Then heaved a deep-drawn sigh. ' "Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, ' Who fell in the great victory.' "' Now tell us what 'twas all about ?' Young Peterkin he cries, And little Wilhelmine looks up With... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 páginas
...Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by ; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said...us what 'twas all about," Young Peterkin he cries ; While little Wilhelmine looks np, With wonder-waiting eyes ; "Now tell us all about the war, And... | |
| Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 páginas
...with a natural sigh, " 'TIs some poor fellow's skull," said he, " Who fell In the great victory. 4. " all your corn. " Another came running presently, And...was pale as pale could be, " Fly ! my Lord Bisbop, 5. " Now tell us what 'twas all about," Young Peterkin, he cries ; And little Wilhelmine looks up With... | |
| Robert Southey - 1845 - 848 páginas
...natural sigh, " 'TU some poor fellow's skull," said he, " Who fell in the great victory. 4. " I flnd them In the garden, For there's many here about ;...men," said he, " Were slain in that great victory." 5. " Now tell us what 'twas all about," Toung Peterkin, he cries ; And little Wilhelmine looks up With... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1846 - 332 páginas
...Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by ; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, " 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,"...us what 'twas all about," Young Peterkin he cries ; While little Wilhelmine looks up, With wonder-waiting eyes ; " Now tell us all about the war, " And... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1846 - 174 páginas
...Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by ; And then the old man shook his head, And, with . natural sigh, " 'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said...in the great victory. " I find them in the garden, — There are many here about, — And often, when I go to plough, The ploughshare turns them out.... | |
| Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 páginas
...Old Caspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by ; And then the old man shook his head And with a natural sigh : " 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,"...he, " Who fell in the great victory ; I find them in my garden, for There's many here about, And often when I go to plow, The plowshare turns them out ,... | |
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