 I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song!  The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson - Page 26by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, William Ernest Henley - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Thomas W. Handford - Children's poetry - 1885 - 170 pages
...hill, Ami sees before him field and plain— The pleasant Land of Counterpane. II. THE WIND. I saw you toss the kites on high, And blow the birds about...ladies' skirts across the grass— O wind, a-blowing all dav long! 0 wind, that sings so loud a song! 1 saw the different things you did, But always you yourself... | |
 | American periodicals - 1885 - 858 pages
...of illustrating what we mean. Take, for example, this admirable little poem on the wind: — I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about...heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass — О wind, a-blowing all day long, О wind, that sings so loud a song ! I saw the different things... | |
 | 1885 - 846 pages
...blower, are you young or old ? Are you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me ? O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song. That is not only a true poem, but a poem that expresses the child's wonder at the invisible force of... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - Children's poetry - 1885 - 124 pages
...blower, are you young or old ? Are you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me ? O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song ! XXVI KEEPSAKE MILL OVER the borders, a sin without pardon, Breaking the branches and crawling below,... | |
 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - Political science - 1901 - 624 pages
...attitude of thought with scientific accuracy. Take, for instance, the little poem entitled "The Wind " : " I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid; I felt your push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all. "O you that are so strong and cold, O... | |
 | English poetry - 1893 - 322 pages
...blower, are you young or old ? Are you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me ? O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song ! "SAY NOT OF ME" Say not of me that weakly I declined The labours of my sires, and fled the sea, The... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - Readers - 1893 - 248 pages
...blower, are you young or old? Are you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me? O wind, a-blowing all day long! O wind, that sings so loud a song ! STORIES FROM THE BEST AUTHORS. 3. MONKEYS IN THE FRONT YARD. This story was written for "St. Nicholas"... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 394 pages
...world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. XXV THE WIND I SAW you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about...a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a songl I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 400 pages
...always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all — O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! O you that are so strong and cold, O blower, are you young or old ? Are you a beast of field and tree,... | |
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