 And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." "Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered...  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Page 3011858Full view - About this book
 | Chemistry - 1773 - 700 pages
...read what is still unread in the manuscripts of God. Agassiz is described as— " He who wandered away and away, With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang...him night and day The rhymes of the universe." And then comes a reward more welcome than money or honours— 11 For whenever the way seems long, Or bis... | |
 | Chemistry - 1773 - 682 pages
...what is still unread in the manuscripts of God. Agassiz is described as — " He who wandered away and away, With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang...him night and day The rhymes of the universe." And then comes a reward more welcome than money or honours — " For whenever the way seems long, Or his... | |
 | Arminianism - 1879 - 1042 pages
...where it was to be found growing. The lack of human companionship was not felt : ' And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse ; Who sang...She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.' Longfellow, His descriptions of these journeys, written to cheer his sister who suffered... | |
 | 1891 - 850 pages
...upon her knee, Saying, " Here is a story-book Thy father has written for thee." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang...to him, night and day, The rhymes of the Universe. It was at Hfingg, too, as he went about with his grandfather visiting the sick and poor, that the desire... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away, With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The ryhmes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1908 - 678 pages
...regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse. Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. AR W ALLER. Cambridge. The verses of which Lucís gave detached lines occur in Longfellow's tribute... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pages
...recalled some lines by Longfellow, which seemed most appropriate to such reflections : He wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. ' Come wander with me,' she said, ' Unto regions yet nntrod ; And read what is still unread In the... | |
 | Art - 1857 - 520 pages
...regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away, With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang...She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1857 - 624 pages
...Nature, tho dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The ryhmes of tho universe. And whenever tho way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would...marvelous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times lus heart beats wild For the beautiful Pays do Vaud ; Though at... | |
 | Education - 1858 - 396 pages
...regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away, With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. \ Ami whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song,... | |
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