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" Oh, for boyhood's painless play; Sleep that wakes in laughing day; Health that mocks the doctor's rules; Knowledge, (never learned of schools... "
The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 235
by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 481 pages
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Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ...

Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...reach of ear and eye : Outward sunshine, inward joy. Blessings on the barefoot boy. 0! for boyhood's painless play, Sleep that wakes in laughing day, Health...never learned of schools : Of the wild bee's morning chaee, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl, and habitude Of the tenants of the wood...
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Pepacton

John Burroughs - Natural history - 1884 - 334 pages
...nature. He cornea from the farm, and his memory is stored with boyhood's wild and curious lore, with " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's...morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and place, Fight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of 'the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the...
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Pepacton [essays]. Author's ed

John Burroughs - 1884 - 336 pages
...nature. He comes from the farm, and his memory is stored with boyhood's wild and curious lore, with " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's...morning chase, Of the wild-flower's time and place, Fight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck...
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Pepacton

John Burroughs - Natural history - 1884 - 336 pages
...nature. He comes from the farm, and his memory is stored with boyhood's wild and curious lore, with " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild-flower's tune and place, Fight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his...
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The New England Magazine, Volume 2; Volume 8

New England - 1890 - 746 pages
...unknown." He was " The Barefoot Boy " of his own poem, and in the meadows by this house gained the " Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase. Of the wild flowers time and place, Might of bird, and habitude Of the tenants of the wood." He tells now,...
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Popular Poetic Pearls: And Biographies of Poets

Frank McAlpine - American poetry - 1885 - 446 pages
...of ear and eye, — Outward sunshine, inward joy: Blessings on thee, barefoot boy! Oh, for boyhood's painless play; Sleep that wakes in laughing day; Health...of schools) Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl, and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise...
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Poets of America

Edmund Clarence Stedman - Literary Criticism - 1885 - 544 pages
...some breathing-spell from the stress of his reform labors, he longed for the renewal of "boyhood's painless play, Sleep that wakes in laughing day, Health...doctor's rules, Knowledge never learned of schools." His eye fell upon the Barefoot Boy, and memory brought back a time when he too was "rich in flowers...
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Poets of America

Edmund Clarence Stedman - Literary Criticism - 1885 - 554 pages
...some breathing-spell from the stress of his reform labors, he longed for the renewal of " boyhood's painless play, Sleep that wakes in laughing day, Health...doctor's rules, Knowledge never learned of schools." His eye fell upon the Barefoot Boy, and memory brought back a time when he too was "rich in flowers...
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The Royal Gallery of Poetry and Art: An Illustrated Book of the Favorite ...

American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...sunshine, iuward joy. Blessings on thoe, barefoot boy! 0! for boyhood's painless play. Sleep that wake* in laughing day, Health that mocks the doctor's rules, Knowledge never learned of schools : Where the ground-nut trails its vine, Where the wood-grape's clusters shine; Of the black wasp's...
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A Library of American Literature...

Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...reach of ear and eye,— Outward sunshine, inward joy: Blessings on thee, barefoot boy! O for boyhood's painless play, Sleep that wakes in laughing day, Health...of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise...
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