 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...the English child, But I am black, as if bereav'd of light. flly mother taught me underneath a tree, And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her'lap, and kissed me, And pointing to the east, began to say: — " Look on the rising sun, — there... | |
 | 1867 - 974 pages
...light. " Sly mother* taught me beneath a tree, And sitting down before the heat of day, She took mo on her lap and kissed me, And pointing to the East,...and gives His heat away. And flowers and trees and beast and men receive Comfort in morning, joy in the noonday. " ' And we are put on earth a little... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, And, sitting down before the heat of day, She took...began to say : ' Look on the rising sun : there God docs live, And gives His light, and gives His heat away, And flowers and trees and beasts and men receive... | |
 | Theology - 1868 - 904 pages
..." My mother taught me, underneath a tree ; And, sitting down before the heat of day, She took me in her lap and kissed me. And, pointing to the east,...say : " ' Look on the rising sun : there God does lire, And gives his light, and gives his heat away ; And flowers and trees, and beasts and men receive... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1872 - 136 pages
...the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, And, sitting down before the heat of day, She took...kissed me, And, pointing to the East, began to say. TOBY AND THE PIG. ac-cus-tom-ed in-stance un-der-stand-ing par-ti-cu-lar How it happened that Toby... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 168 pages
...is the English child, But I am Hack, as if bereaved of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, And, sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her lap, and Tcissed me, And, pointing to the East, began to say. W. BLAKE. TOBY AND THE PIG. ac-cus-tom-ed in-stance... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...the English child, But I am black, as if bereaved of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, And sitting down before the heat of day, She took...gives his heat away ; And flowers, and trees, and beast, and men receive Comfort in morning, joy in the noon-day. " And we are put on earth a little... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...me underneath a tree ; And, sitting down before the heat <>: day, She took me on her lap and kisskl is gone ; my nature dies ; I eink beneath Thy weighty...now, for I am weak, But confident in self-despair красе, That we may learn to bear the beaniof love ; And these black bodies and this sunburnt face... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1882 - 906 pages
...but, oh, my soul is white ! My mother taught me underneath a tree ; And, sitting down before the heut of day, She took me on her lap, and kissed me, And, [minting to the east, began to say : " Look on the rising sun ; there God does live, And gives his... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1884 - 988 pages
...the English child, But I am black, 33 if bereaved of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, And, sitting down before the heat of day, She took...on the rising sun : there God does live, And gives this light, and gives His heat away ; And flowers and trees and beasts and men receive Comfort in morning,... | |
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I am black, as if bereav'd of light. My mother taught me underneath a tree, And sitting down before the heat of day, She took me on her lap and kissed me, And, pointing to the east, began to say: "Look on the rising sun — there God does live, And gives... 
