 | Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...sweet, to bring her babe to n>t, That would not cease, but cried still, in sucking at her Ътг,\-'~ She was full weary of her watch, and grieved with her child! She rocked it, she rated it, till that on her it smiled; Then kissed she her little babe, and swore by God abov?,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...pieces have been liked. These four lines describing a mother and her child, are tender and graceful. " She was full weary of her watch and grieved with her child, She rock-ed it, and rat-ed it, until on her it smiled: Then did she say, Now have I found the proverb true to prove, That falling... | |
 | lady Charlotte Susan M. Bury - 1837 - 936 pages
...sweet, to bring the babe to rest, That would not cease, but cried still, in sucking at her breast. She was full weary of her watch, and grieved with her child, She rocked it, and rated it, until on her it smiled ; Then did she say, " Now have I found the proverb true to prove, The falling... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 350 pages
...pieces have been liked. These four lines describing a mother and her child, are tender and graceful. " She was full weary of her watch and grieved with her child, She rock-ed it, and rat-ed it, until on her it smiled: • Then did she say, Now have I found the proverb true to prove, That falling... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1838 - 206 pages
...sweet, to bring the babe to rest, That would not cease, but cried still, in sucking at her breast. She was full weary of her watch, and grieved with her child, She rocked it, and rated it, until on her it smiled; Then did she say, " Now have I found the proverb true to prove, The falling... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...sweet, to bring the babe to rest. That would not cease, but cried still, in sucking at her breast. | until on her it smil'd ; Then did she say, ' Now have 1 found the proverb true to prove, The falling... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Royal Robbins - American literature - 1845 - 342 pages
...liked. These four lines describing a mother and her child, are tender and graceful. " She was full weaiy of her watch and grieved with her child, She rock-ed it, and rat-ed it, until on her it smiled: Then did she say, Now have I found the proverb true to prove, That falling... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...sweet, to bring the babe to rest. That would not cease, but cried still, in sucking at her breast. s until on her it smil'd ; Then did she eay, ' Now have I found the proverb true to prove, The falling... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...sweet, to bring the babe to rest, That would not cease, but cried still, in sucking at her breast. She was full weary of her watch, and grieved with her child, She rocked it, and rated it, until on her it smil'd ; Then did she say, 'Now have I found the proverb true to prove, The falling... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...full sweet to hring the babe to rest That would not cease, but cried still in sucking at her breast. She was full weary of her watch, and grieved with her child ; She rooked it and rated it until on her it smiled ; Then did slie say, ' Now have I found the present true... | |
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IN going to my naked bed, as one that would have slept, I heard a wife sing to her child, that long before had wept. She sighed sore, and sang full sweet, to bring the babe to rest, That would not cease, but cried still, in sucking at her breast. 
