...treacherous sands of sin. Ah! that thon couldst know thy joy, Ere it passes, barefoot boy! /A' SCHOOL-DA YS. STILL sits the school-house by the road, A ragged...battered seats, The jack-knife's carved Initial; The charcoal frescoes on its wall ; Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school,...

...description of the schoolhouse of his early clays, — "Within, the master's desk ie seen, Deep-scarred with raps official ; The warping floor, the battered seats, The jack-knife's carved initial," etc. Such was the acknowledged condition of their buildings up to a very recent period. In 1868, '69...

...school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning j Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official ; The warping Hoor, the battered seats, The jack-knife's carved initial j The charcoal frescoes on the wall ; Its...

...old and brown. Here was kept the " ragged winter school " which Whittier attended in his boyhood. " Still sits the school-house by the road, A ragged...beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. " Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep-scarred by raps official, The...

...answered Stephen, as if he knew human nature, and had got used himself to most things. IN SCHOOL-DAYS. STILL sits the school-house by the road, A ragged...beggar sunning; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official ; The...

...trace all down the centuries as we progress in our fascinating work ! ARTHUR GILMAN. IN SCHOOL DA VS. STILL sits the schoolhouse by the road, A ragged beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official ; ,...

...schoolhouse by the road, A ragced beggar sunning ; Around it scitl the sumachs grow. And blackberry vines arc running. Within, the master's desk is seen. Deep scarred by raps official ; The warping floor, [he battered seats. The jack-knife's carved initial— The charcoal frescoes on its walls, Its door's...

...school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep...battered seats, The jack-knife's carved initial ; The charcoal frescoes on its wall ; Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school,...

...school-house by the road, A ragged beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep...battered seats, The jack-knife's carved initial ; The charcoal frescos on its wall ; Its door's worn sill, betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school,...

...answered, with a wise smile, to himself: " I saw the angel where they see a man." IN SCHOOL-DAYS. OTILL sits the school-house by the road, A ragged -beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk is seen, Deep scarred by raps official ; The...