Those who toil bravely are strongest ; The humble and poor become great ; And from these brown-handed children Shall grow mighty rulers of state. The pen of the author and statesman, — The noble and wise of the land, — The sword and the chisel and... A reader for the lower grades of schools - Page 213by William M. Thayer - 1894Full view - About this book
| Arbitration (International law) - 1873 - 398 pages
...strawberry grows, They gathered the earliest snowdrops. And the first crimson buds of the rose. Tlmse who toil bravely are strongest ; The humble and poor become great ; And from these brown-handed children Shall grow mighty rulers of Stale. The pen of the author and statesman,... | |
| John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - Children's literature - 1868 - 810 pages
...They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops Where the oriole's hammock-nest swings, And at night-time are folded in slumber By a song that a fond mother...strongest ; The humble and poor become great ; And from these brown-handed children Shall grow mighty rulers of state. The pen of the author and statesman,... | |
| 1869 - 158 pages
...lougi thorny blackberry-vines. Where the oriole's hammock-nest swings, And at night-time are folded to slumber By a song that a fond mother sings. Those...are strongest; The humble and poor become great; And from these brown-handed children Shall grow mighty rulers of state. The pen of the author and statesman,—... | |
| Agriculture - 1869 - 588 pages
...etrongcst ; The humble and poor become great; And from these brown-handed children Shall grow inijMy rulers of State. • The pen of the author and statesman,— The noble and \vtee of the lard, — The sword ard Ihe chisel and palletto Shall be held iu the Lttle brown hand.... | |
| Society of Friends - 1870 - 930 pages
...They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops Where the oriole's bauimock-uest swings, And at night-time are folded in slumber, By a song that a fond mother...bravely are strongest ; The humble and poor become groat ; An.t from those brown-handed children Shall grow mighty rulers of State. — A.nti Slavery... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - Animals - 1872 - 296 pages
...They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops Where the oriole's hammock-nest swings ; And at night-time are folded in slumber By a song that a fond mother...Those who toil bravely are strongest ; The humble aud poor become great ; And so from these brown-handed children Shall grow mighty rulers of state.... | |
| John Russell Webb - 1875 - 334 pages
...They wave from the tall, rocking tree tope, Where the oriole's hammock nest swings, And at night time are folded in slumber By a song that a fond mother sings. 4. Those who toil bravely are the strongest; The humble and poor become great; And from those brown-handed... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1875 - 248 pages
...They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops Where the oriole's hammock-nest swings ; And at night-time are folded in slumber By a song that a fond mother sings. 4:. Those who toil bravely are strongest ; The humble and poor become great ; And so from these brown-handed... | |
| Readers - 1876 - 754 pages
...They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops, Where the oriole's hammock-nest swings ; And at night time are folded in slumber By a song that a fond mother...great ; And so from these brown-handed children Shall crow mighty rulers of state. The pen of the author and statesman — The noble and wise of the land... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1878 - 236 pages
...They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops Where the oriole's hammock-nest swings ; And at night-time are folded in slumber By a song that a fond mother sings. 4. Those who toil bravely are strongest ; The humble and poor become great ; And so from these brown-handed... | |
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