 I stood and watched by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And the sudden flurries of snow-birds, Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, Where a little headstone stood; How the flakes were folding it gently, As did...  Mother-song and Child-song - Page 16edited by - 1898 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 642 pages
...little head-stone stood, How the flakes were folding it gently, Ae did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, " Father, who...And I told of the good Allfather Who cares for us all below. Again I looked at the snowfall. And thought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our first... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...little head-stone stood, How the flakes were folding it gently, As did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, " Father who...And I told of the good Allfather, Who cares for us all below. Again I looked at the snowfall, And thought of the leaden sky, That arched o'er our first... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...little head-stone stood, How the flakes were folding it gently, As did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, " Father who...And I told of the good Allfather, Who cares for us all below. Again I looked at the snowfall, And thought of the leaden sky, That arched o'er our first... | |
 | Authors, American - 1853 - 478 pages
...little headstone stood, How the flakes were folding it gently, As did robins the babes in the wood. " Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, 'Father, who...And I told of the good Allfather Who cares for us all below. "Again I looked at the snowfall, And thought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our first... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1855 - 608 pages
...little headstone stood, How the flakes were folding it gently, As did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, " Father, who...And "I told of the good Allfather Who cares for us all below. Again. I looked at the snow-fall, And thought of the leaden sky, That arched o'er our first... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...the good Allfather . Who сагсз for us all below. Again 1 looked ut the snowfall, Aud tliought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our first great sorrow. When that mound «us heaped ьо high. I remembered the gradual patience That fell from that cloud like snow. Flake... | |
 | Education - 1911 - 322 pages
...little headstone stood. How the flakes were folding it gently. As did robins the babes in the woods. 6. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, "Father, who...good All-father Who cares for us here below. Again 1 looked at the snowfall. And thought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our first great sorrow. When... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...little head-stone stood, And how the flakes folded it gently, As did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, "Father, who makes it snow? " And I told of the good all Father, Who cares for us all below. And I look'd again at the snow-fall, And thought of the leaden... | |
 | Interesting tales - 1858 - 220 pages
...a little headstone stood. And how the flakes folded it gently. As did robins the babes in the wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, " Father, who makes it snow?" And I told of the good All Father, Who cares for us all below. And I looked again at the snowfall, And thought of the leaden... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...Mable Saying " father, what makes it snow? " And I told her of the good Allfather Who cares for us all below. Again I looked at the snow-fall, And thought...sky That arched o'er our first great sorrow, When the mound was heaped so high. I remember the gradual patience That fell from that cloud-like snow,... | |
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