| Present - 1843 - 236 páginas
...BETTER LAND. " I HEAR thee speak of a better land ; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother, O where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it,...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle-boughs ?" " Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the feathery palm-trees... | |
| Mrs. Paxton - 1843 - 310 páginas
...taught me," " I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! O where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it and weep no more ?" " And again I sang it in my sleep ; and I had no sooner done so than my mother appeared to me, and... | |
| 1844 - 208 páginas
...CONCLUSION. ' t hear thee tell of that better land, Thou cnllest its children a happy band ; Oh, Mother, where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle houghs ? Not there, not there, my child." " Eye hath not neen it, my gentle... | |
| Woman - 1844 - 250 páginas
...that better land, Thou callest its children a happy band; Oh, Mother, where is that radiant shoreShall we not seek it and weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ? Not there, not there, my child." * * * » * " Eye hath not seen it,... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 páginas
...SOUTHEY. THE BETTER LAND. I HEAR thee speak of a better land ; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore — Shall...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs? — " Not there, not there, my child." Is it where the feathery palm-trees... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 páginas
...CHILD TO HIS MOTHER. "I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou caii'si its children a happy band : Mother, oh! where is that radiant shore! Shall we...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies glauce thro' the myrtle boughs Г' " Not there, not there, my child ! '' " Is it where the feathery... | |
| Horatio Hastings Weld - 1847 - 282 páginas
...heavenly.— HUKIWI xi. 16. I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou calPst its children a happy band ; Mother ! Oh where is that radiant shore, — Shall...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ? " Not there, not there, my child." Is it where the feathery palm... | |
| 1847 - 296 páginas
...THE BETTER LAND. " I hear thee speak of the better land ; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore ? — Shall...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" " Not there, not there, my child! " " Is it where the feather palm... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 páginas
...THE BETTER LAND 1. "I HEAR thee speak of the better land ; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ' ! oh, where is ' that radiant shore ? Shall...the flower of the orange blows, And the fireflies dance through the myrtle boughs ? " " Not there, not there, my child !" 2. " Is it where the feathery... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 páginas
...THE BETTER LAND. ,j " I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant shore ? Shall we...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle-boughs ?" "Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the feathery palm-trees... | |
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