 | John W. Iliff - Elocution - 1893 - 616 pages
...LITTLE JIM. The cottage was a thatched one, the outside old and mean, But all within that little cot was wondrous neat and clean; The night was dark and stormy, the wind was howling wild, As a patient mother sat beside the death.bed of her child : A little worn.out creature, his once bright... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1898 - 200 pages
...look for. THE cottage was a thatched* one, The outside old and mean ; Yet everything within that cot Was wondrous* neat and clean. The night was dark and...worn-out creature — His once bright eyes grown dim ; He was a collier's only child — They called him little Jim. And oh, to see the briny* tears Fast... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1905 - 872 pages
...LITTLE JIM. The cottage was a thatched one, the outside old and mean, But all within that little cot was wondrous neat and clean; The night was dark and stormy, the wind was howling wild, Asa patient mother sat beside the death-bed of her child; A little worn-out creature, his once bright... | |
 | Charles Peters - 1904 - 360 pages
...E. FARMER THE cottage was a thatched one, The outside old and mean, Yet everything within that cot Was wondrous neat and clean. The night was dark and...stormy, The wind was howling wild ; A patient mother sat beside The death-bed of her child. A little worn-out creature — His once bright eyes grown dim,... | |
 | 1863
...Railway. THE cottage was a thatched one : the outside old and mean, Yet everything within that cot was wondrous neat and clean. The night was dark and stormy, the wind was howling wild, When a patient mother knelt beside the deathbed of her child — A little worn-out creature, his once... | |
 | John Sartain, J. S. Hart - 1852 - 1164 pages
...LITTLE JIM. THE cottage was a thatched one, The outside old and mean ; Yet everything within that cot Was wondrous neat and clean. The night was dark and...stormy, The wind was howling wild ; A patient mother watched beside The deathbed of her child, — A little worn-out creature, His once bright eyes grown... | |
 | Locomotive engineers - 1873 - 624 pages
...JIM. BY f. A. HOL . The cottage was a thatched one, the outside old and mean, But all within that cot, was wondrous neat and clean. The night was dark and stormy, the wind was howling wild. As a pailent mother sat beside the death-bed of her child. A little, worn-out creature— his once... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1852 - 786 pages
...neat and clean. The night was dark and stormy, The wind was howling wild ; A patient mother watched beside The deathbed of her child, — A little worn-out creature, His once bright eyes grown din: i It was a collier's wife and child ; They called him " Little Jim." And oh, to see the briny... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1884 - 948 pages
...FARMKR. I"HE cottage was a thatched one, its outside old and mean ; Yet everything within that cot was wondrous neat and clean : The night was dark and stormy — the wind was blowing wild ; — A patient mother sat beside the death-bed of her child — A little, worn-out creature... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrup - English poetry - 1888 - 790 pages
...DYING CHILD. *HE cottage was a thatched one, its outside old and mean ; Yet everything within that cot was wondrous neat and clean : The night was dark and stormy — the wind was blowing wild; A patient mother sat beside the death-bed of her child — A little, worn-out creature... | |
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And oh ! to see the briny tears Fast hurrying down her cheek, As she offered up... 
