 | Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...say to bird, and breeze, and tree, ' Good night ! Good friends you are to me ! ' " — Lucy Larcom. OVER IN THE MEADOW. OVER in the meadow, In the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother-toad And her little toadie one. " Wink ! " said the mother ; " I wink," said the one : So she... | |
 | William Darrah - 1877 - 206 pages
...motions, sucb as winking, swimming, leaping, &o., should be given by the whole, in concert.] FIRST BOY. OVER in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother toad and her little toady one. " Wink ! " said the mother ; " I wink," said the one ; So she winked and she blinked, in... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 136 pages
...I, crick'et, liz'ard, spi'der. 0, toad'ie, moss'y, frog'gies. U, birdies, bur'rowed, hon'eys. OVEB in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother-toad and her little toadie one. " Wink ! " said the mother ; " I wink," said the one : So she... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pages
...those tiny blue shoes That no little feet use, And whose sight makes such fond tears start I — 84 — OVER IN THE MEADOW. OVER in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother-toad and her little toadie ono ; " Wink! " said the mother ; " I wink," said the one : So she... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 208 pages
...Evil thoughts and feelings far; For, as sure as you 're alive, You will show for what you are. VII. OVER in the meadow, In the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother-toad And her little toadie one. "Wink!" said the mother; "I wink," said the one: So she winked... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1881 - 348 pages
...little limbs are stronger, If she sleeps a little longer, Baby too shall fly away. Alfred Tennyson. OVER IN THE MEADOW Over in the meadow, In the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother-toad And her little toadie one. " Wink ! " said the mother ; " I wink," said the one : So she... | |
 | Blackwood William and sons - 1884 - 120 pages
...bur'-rowed, made holes in grow by the sides of rivers and lakes. the banks. snug, warm and cosy. 1. Over in the meadow, in the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother toad and her toadie little one. " Wink !" said the mother, " I wink," said the One ; So she winked and she blinked... | |
 | Recitations - 1889 - 254 pages
...That the Lord would forgive him, and please not to say, " Little Willie almost stole an apple to-day." OVER IN THE MEADOW. OVER in the meadow. In the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother-toad And her little toadie one. "Wink!" said the mother; "1 wink," said the one: So she winked... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - Readers - 1891 - 232 pages
...legs grow first ? Write all you can about tadpoles. fins breathe gills lungs surprised 3. THE TOAD. " Over in the meadow, In the sand, in the sun, Lived...winked, and she blinked In the sand, in the sun." Willie and his cousin John used their eyes to learn of the wonderful things about them. They tried... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 168 pages
...to the wheel. Heaven helps only those who help themselves." OVER IN THE MEADOW. Olive A. Wadsworth. Over in the meadow, In the sand, in the sun, Lived an old mother-toad And her little toadie-one. "Wink!" said the mother; " I wink," said the one : So she winked... | |
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Swim ! " said the mother; " We swim," said the two: So they swam and they leaped Where the stream runs blue. 
