 BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 363by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888Full view - About this book
 | Eugene V. Moran - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 302 pages
...envision his famous little boy so well described in this opening verse: The Barefoot Boy Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!...thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy. Prince thou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican, Let the million-dollared ride! Barefoot, trudging at... | |
 | Thomas Alvin Boyd - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 284 pages
...of himself as a farm boy in the summertime: Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheeks of tan! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry...on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace . . . The stories in McGuffey's readers often had morals— morals which were likely to be stated as... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...And moulder in dust away! HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW AMERICAN (1807-1882) The Barefoot Boy Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!...thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy! Prince thou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican. Let the million-dollared ride! Barefoot, trudging at... | |
 | Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 134 pages
...He'll stab his dirk in thee. THE BAREFOOT BOY Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheeks of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry...heart I give thee joy — I was once a barefoot boy! John Greenleaf Whittier A YOUNG LADY NAMED BRIGHT There was a young lady named Bright, Who traveled... | |
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