 I watch him as he skims along, Uttering his sweet and mournful cry; He starts not at my fitful song, Or flash of fluttering drapery; He has no thought of any wrong; He scans me with a fearless eye. Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little...  Child Classics: The Third Reader - Page 202by Georgia Alexander - 1918 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1872 - 818 pages
...their hands for it. The wild wind raves, the tide runs high. As up and down the beach we flit, One little sand-piper and I. *' Comrade, where wilt thou...God's children both, Thou, little sand-piper, and I ?" This poem of " The Sand-piper," although we have selected it as a distinguishingly characteristic... | |
 | Literature - 1873 - 860 pages
...scans me with a fearless eye. Stanch friends arc we, well tried and strong! The little sandpiper and 1. Comrade, where wilt thou be to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously ? My driftwood-fire will burn so bright ! To what warm shelter canst thou fly? I do uot fear for thee, though... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children - 1871 - 292 pages
...thought of any wrong, He scans me with a fearless eye ; Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be...furiously ? My drift-wood fire will burn so bright 1 To what warm shelter canst thou fly ? J do not fear for thee, though wroth The tempest rushes through... | |
 | Celia Thaxter - American poetry - 1872 - 96 pages
...thought of any wrong; He scans me with a fearless eye. Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? TWILIGHT. SEPTEMBER'S slender crescent grows again Distinct in yonder peaceful evening red, Clearer... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Animals - 1872 - 296 pages
...Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou he to-night, When the loosed storm breaks furiously ?...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? — Celia Thaxtff. THE SORROWFUL SEA-GULL. THE sea-gull t'.s so sorry ! She flings herself about,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1872 - 542 pages
...I. Comrade, where wilt thou bo to-night When the loosed storm breaks furiously " My driftwood tire will burn so bright ! To what warm shelter canst thou...not God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and 1 ? THE MINUTE-GUNS. I STOOD within the little cove, Full of the morning's life and hope, While heavily... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1874 - 200 pages
...thought of any wrong, He scans me with a fearless eye ; Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? CBLIA TH/XTRR. HYMN OF A HERMIT. UNSEEN Spirit! now a calm divine Comes forth from Thee, rejoicing... | |
 | Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...thought of any wrong, He scans me with a fearless eye ; Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? — Celia Thaxter. THE SORROWFUL SEA-GULL. THE sea-gull is so sorry ! She flings herself about, And... | |
 | Martha Le Baron Goddard - Sea poetry - 1874 - 382 pages
...thought of any wrong ; He scans me with a fearless eye. Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sand-piper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou...God's children both, Thou, little sand-piper, and I ? CRLIA THAXTBR. THE STORMY PETREL. A THOUSAND miles from land are we, "*- Tossing about on the stormy... | |
 | Celia Thaxter - American poetry - 1874 - 206 pages
...thought of any wrong; He scans me with a fearless eye. Stanch friends are we, well tried and strong, The little sandpiper and I. Comrade, where wilt thou be...God's children both, Thou, little sandpiper, and I ? TWILIGHT. SEPTEMBER'S slender crescent grows again Distinct in yonder peaceful evening red, Clearer... | |
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