 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...brea She was full weary of her watch, and grieved with her chil She rocked it, and rated it, until on her it smiled ; Then did she say, "Now have I found the proverb tru prove — The falling out of faithful friends, renewing is of love." Then took I paper,... | |
 | Concordia society - Glees, catches, rounds, etc - 1852 - 108 pages
...fweet, To lull the babe to reft ; That would not ceafe, but cried the more, Upon its mother's breaft. She was full weary of her watch, And grieved with...; She rocked it, and rated it, Till that on her it fmiled. Then did me fay, " Now have I found This proverb true to prove, ' The falling out of faithful... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...full 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... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - English literature - 1853 - 300 pages
...four lines of the first stanza, indeed, 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 she did say, Now have I found the proverb true to prove, That falling... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - 1853 - 302 pages
...four lines of the first stanza, indeed, 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 she did say, Now have I found the proverb true to prove, That falling... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...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 out of faithful friends renewing is of j love.' Then took I paper, pen, and ink, this proverb for to write, In register for to remain of such... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 786 pages
...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 present true to prove, The falling out of faithful friends renewing is of love.'" CHAPTER XI. RULES... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1857 - 516 pages
...full 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 aud rated it until on her it smiled ; Then did she say, ' Now have I found the present true to prove,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...Upon its mother's breast. She was full weary of her watch, And gricvJd with her child ; She rock'd it, and rated it, 'Till that on her it smiled. Then...did she say, " Now have I found This proverb true doth prove : The falling out of faithful friends Kenewing is of love." WHO IS SYLVIA? [ifwte by liisnor,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1858 - 424 pages
...babe to rest That would not cease, but cried still in sucking at her breast. She was full weary of ber 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 present true to prove, The falling... | |
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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. 
