She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many children played round her door. But care and sorrow, and childbirth pain, Left their traces on heart and brain. And oft, when the summer sun shone hot On the new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And she heard the... The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 248by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 543 pagesFull view - About this book
| American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...яплтп ! 1 Ah, that I were free agai " Free as when I rode that day, Where the barefoot maiden raked the hay.* She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many...shone hot On the new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And ihe heard the little spring brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree... | |
| David W. Bartlett, D. W. (David W. ). Bartlett - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 408 pages
...that I were free again I " Free as when I rode that day, Where the barefoot maiden raked the hay I M She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many children...new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring-brook fall Over the road-side, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw... | |
| David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...barefoot maiden raked the hay I " She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many children played ronnd her door. But care and sorrow, and child-birth pain,...their traces on heart and brain. And oft, when the sammer snn ehone hot On the new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring-brook fall... | |
| 1857 - 686 pages
...blooms. "And the proud man sighed, with a secret pain: ' Ah, that I were free again ! '• ' Free ae when I rode that day, Where the barefoot maiden raked...door. •• But care and sorrow, and childbirth pain, Lett their traces on heart and brain. " And eft, when the summer sun shone hot Un the new-mown hay... | |
| American literature - 1857 - 694 pages
...drcum of meadows and clover blooms. "And the proud man sighed, with a secret pain: ' Ah, that I wore free again ! " ' Free as when I rode that day, Where the barefoot maiden raked her hay.' " Sho wedded a man-unlearned and poor, And many children played round her door. " But care and sorrow,... | |
| 1857 - 678 pages
...many children played round her door. " Hut care and sorrow, and childbirth pain, Left their trncce on heart and brain. " And oft, when the summer sun shone hot On the new-mown any in the meadow lot, " And she heard the little spring brook fall, Over the roadside, through the... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...rooms, To dream of meadows and clover-blooms. And the proud man sighed, with a secret pain ; "Ah, that I were free again! " Free as when I rode that day,...new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring-brook fall Over the road-side, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw... | |
| 1858 - 882 pages
...wayside well instead ; And closed his eyes on his garnished rooms, To dream of meadows and clover-blooms. She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many children...new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And she heard the little spring-brook fall Over the roadside, through the wall, In the shade of the apple-tree again She saw... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...with a secret pain : " Ah, that I were free again I " Free as when I rode that day, Where the harefoot maiden raked her hay." She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many children played round her door. Bnt care, and sorrow, and childbirth pain Left their traces on heart and brain. And oft, when the summer... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...of meadows and clover-blooms. And the proud man sighed, with a secret pain : "Ah, that I were frce again! " Free as when I rode that day, Where the barefoot maiden raked her hay." She wedded si man unlearned and poor, And many children played round her door. But care and sorrow, and childbirth... | |
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