SMALL BEGINNINGS. (1) A traveler through a dusty road strewed acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up, and grew into a tree. Love sought its shade, at evening time, to breathe its early vows; And age was pleased, in heats of noon, to bask... Choice Literature - Page 851912Full view - About this book
| 1843 - 636 pages
...world reraaineth Full deliverance from thy woes. CBC GERMS OF GOOD. A TRAVELLER through a dusty road Strewed acorns on the lea, And one took root, and...of noon, To bask beneath its boughs : The dormouse lov'd its dangling twigs, The birds sweet music bore, It stood a glory in its place, A blessing evermore... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 430 pages
...love that, in my heart, still groweth more and more. SONG OF LIFE. A traveller on a dusty road Strew'd acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted...shade at evening time, To breathe its early vows, And e^e was pleased, in heights of noon, To bask beneath its boughs. The dormouse loved its dangling twigs,... | |
| Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - Society of Friends - 1851 - 842 pages
...two hundred dialects. GREAT IN LITTLE. ВТ CHARLES МАСКАТ. A traveller through a dusty road, Strewed acorns on the lea, And one took root, and...bore ¡ It stood a glory in its place, A blessing ever more ! A little spring ha<l lost its way Amid the grass and fern; A passing stranger scooped a... | |
| 1851 - 398 pages
...sup on cake, and I will stick to my history. Good evening. s• GREAT IN LITTLE. BY CHARLES MACKEY. Strewed acorns on the lea, And one took root, and sprouted up, A TRAVELLER through a dusty road And grew into a tree. Love sought its shade at evening time, To breathe... | |
| Elisha Reynolds Potter - Education - 1852 - 406 pages
...ever so wisely.' " — Advertiser. SONG OF LIFE. BY CHARLES MACKAY. A traveller on the dusty road, Strewed acorns on the lea : And one took root, and...sprouted up, And grew into a tree. Love sought its shades at evening time, To breathe its early vows, And age was pleased in heats of noon, To bask beneath... | |
| Conduct of life - 1853 - 402 pages
...AT LAST. A traveller through a dusty road Strewed acorns on the lea, And one took root, and aprouted up, And grew into a tree. Love sought its shade at...beneath its boughs. The dormouse loved its dangling twig, The birds sweet musio bore, It stood a glory in its place, A blessing evermore. A little spring... | |
| English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...when kinder grown, Leaving it to die — alone ? nwi-aw anal ax *asx A TRAVELLER through a dusty road, Strewed acorns on the lea, And one took root and sprouted...sweet music bore ; It stood a glory in its place, A little spring had lost its way Amid the grass and fern ; A passing stranger scoop'da well, Where weary... | |
| 1854 - 420 pages
...Pearce. LITTLE jft FIRST, BUT MIGHTY AT LAST. í A TEAVELLER through a dusty road Strewed acorus ou the lea, And one took root and sprouted up, And grew...shade at evening time, To breathe its early vows; And nge was pleased, in heats of noon, To bask beneath its boughs. The dormouse loved its dangling twigs;... | |
| Charles Mackay - Songs, English - 1855 - 258 pages
...can endure and flourish," LITTLE AT FIRST, BUT GREAT AT LAST. i. A TRAVELLER through a dusty road, Strewed acorns on the lea, And one took root, and...It stood a glory in its place, A blessing evermore ! ii. A little spring had lost its way Amid the grass and fern ; A passing stranger scoop'da well,... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...lids. LITTLE AT FIRST, BUT MIGHTY AT LAST. BY CHARLES KACKAY. A TRAVELER through a dusty road Strew'd acorns on the lea, And one took root, and sprouted...Age was pleased, in heats of noon, To bask beneath ite boughs ; The dormouse loved its dangling twigs, The birds sweet music bore ; It stood a glory in... | |
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