 The door in the mountain-side shut fast. Did I say all ? No! One was lame, And could not dance the whole of the way; And in after years, if you would blame His sadness, he was used to say,— "It's dull in our town since my playmates left!  The New McGuffey Fourth Reader - Page 263by William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 272 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...drop, " And we shall see our children stop ! " When lo, as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed...and the children followed. And when all were in to th« very last, The door in the mountain side shut fast. Did I say all 1 No ! one was lame, And could... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...drop, And we shall see our children stop ! " When, lo, as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed...very last, The door in the mountain side shut fast. And in after years if you would blame His sadness, he was used to say, " It's dull in our town since... | |
 | 302 pages
...'." When, lo ! as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern wai suddenly hollowed ; And the Piper advanced and the...was lame, And could not dance the whole of the way ; Aud in after years, if yon would blame His sadness, he vras used to say, — " It's dull in our town... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...drop, And we shall see our children stop !" When, lo, as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal opened wide, • As if a cavern was suddenly...very last, The door in the mountain side shut fast. JRobert Urowning, abridged. PUDDING AND MILK. BLESS'D cow ! thy praise shall still my notes employ,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1865 - 736 pages
..." And we shall see our children stop ! " When, lo, as they reached the mountain side, \- A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed...when all were in to the very last, The door in the mountain-side shut fast Did I say, all ? No ! one was lame, And could not dance the whole of the way.;... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 pages
...drop, And we shall see our children stop ! " When, lo, as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed...very last, The door in the mountain side shut fast ! Bid I say all? No; one was lame, And could not dance the whole of the way; And in after years if... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 192 pages
...drop, And we shall see our children stop!" When, lo ! as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed...when all were in to the very last, The door in the mountain's side shut fast ! Did I say all? No ; one was lame, And could not dance the whole of the... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Folklore - 1868 - 422 pages
...open'd wide, As if a cavern were suddenly hollow'd ; And the piper advanced, and the children follow'd ; And when all were in, to the very last, The door in the mountain side shut fast." No ! not all. Two remained : the one blind, and the other dumb. The dumb child pointed out the spot... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers - 1868 - 314 pages
...drop, And we shall see our children stop !" When, lo ! as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal ' opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly...very last, The door in the mountain side shut fast. 9. Did I say all ? No : one was lame, And could not dance the whole of the way ; And in after years,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...drop, And we shall see our children stop ! " When lo ! as they reached the mountain's side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed...when all were in to the very last, The door in the mountain's side shut fast. Did I say all ? No 1 One was lame, And could not dance the whole of the... | |
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