 When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime, Because the one so near the other is. He was the elder and a little man Of forty inches, bound to show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran,...  St. Nicholas - Page 50edited by - 1920Full view - About this book
 | George Eliot - Attachment behavior in children - 1874 - 224 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels knew the rest. II. Long years have left their writing on my brow, But... | |
 | George Eliot - Attachment behavior in children - 1874 - 246 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels knew the rest. If he said, " Hush I " I tried to hold my breath ; Wherever... | |
 | George Eliot - English poetry - 1874 - 268 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Xow lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels knew the rest. If he said " Hush ! " I tried to hold my breath ; Wherever... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - Literature - 1880 - 772 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes and birds, and which CJod loved the best, I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels... | |
 | English poetry - 1881 - 222 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels knew the rest. If he said, " Hush ! " I tried to hold my breath ; Wherever... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - Sonnets, English - 1882 - 378 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels knew the rest. If he said ' Hush ! ' I tried to hold my breath ; Wherever... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels know the rest. If he said " Hush ! " I tried to hold my breath, Whenever... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - Sonnets, English - 1882 - 384 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...best, I thought his knowledge marked the boundary WORLDLY PLACE. VEN in a palace, life may be led well! So spake the imperial sage, purest of men, Marcus... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - Authors - 1883 - 438 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that, puppy-like, now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels knew the rest. If he said " Hush ! " I tried to hold my breath ; Whenever... | |
 | 1883 - 410 pages
...show no dread, And I the girl that puppy-like now ran, Now lagged behind my brother's larger tread. I held him wise, and when he talked to me Of snakes...I thought his knowledge marked the boundary Where men grew blind, though angels know the rest. If he said " Hush ! " I tried to hold my breath, Whenever... | |
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