 At last he came, the messenger, The messenger from unseen lands: And what did dainty Baby Bell ? She only crossed her little hands, She only looked more meek and fair! We parted back her silken hair, We wove the roses round her brow, White buds, the summer's...  Crowding Memories - Page 18by Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich - 1920 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1865 - 118 pages
...only crossed her little hands, She only looked more meek and fair ! We parted back her silken hair : We wove the roses round her brow, White buds, the summer's drifted snow — Wrapped her from head to foot in flowers, And thus went dainty Babie Bell Out of this world of... | |
 | Literature - 1874 - 808 pages
...lines have a more enduring charm We parted back her silken hair, We wove the roses round her brow, — Wrapt her from head to foot in flowers — And thus...went dainty Baby Bell Out of this world of ours." After three years in the banking-house, a proclivity towards literary work became too strong for young... | |
 | Literature - 1874 - 780 pages
...lines have a more enduring charm We parted back her silken hair. We wove the roses round her brow, — Wrapt her from head to foot in flowers — And thus...went dainty Baby Bell Out of this world of ours." After three years in the banking-house, a proclivity towards literary work became too strong for young... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...only crossed her little hands, She only looked more meek and fair 1 We parted back her silken hair, have I else to do ; I sing the whole day long ; And lie, whom most I lov — Wrap her from head to foot in flowers I And thus went dainty Babie Bell Out of this world of ours.... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...? She only crossed her hands, She only looked more meek and fair I We parted back her silken hair; We wove the roses round her brow, White buds, the summer's drifted snow, Wrapped her from head to foot in flowers, And thus went dainty Babie Bell Out of this world of ours... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...? She only crossed her hands, She only looked more meek and fair! We parted back her silken hair ; We wove the roses round her brow, White buds, the summer's drifted snow ; Wrapped her from head to foot in flowers, — And thus went dainty Babie Bell Out of this world of... | |
 | Songs - 1874 - 252 pages
...only crossed her little hands, She only looked more meek and fair ! We parted back her silken hair : We wove the roses round her brow, White buds, the...Wrapt her from head to foot in flowers ! And thus wont dainty Babie Bell Out of this world of ours ! TB ALDEICH. KEQUIESCAT IN PACE. rE have watched... | |
 | Child life - 1874 - 300 pages
...only crossed her little hands, She only looked more meek and fair ! We parted back her silken hair, We •wove the roses round her brow, — White buds,...snow, — Wrapt her from head to foot in flowers ! And then went dainty Babie Bell Out of this world of ours ! — TB Aldrich. THE MORNING-GLORY. WE wreathed... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich - History - 1875 - 184 pages
...only crossed her little hands, She only looked more rneek and fair! We parted back her silken hair, We wove the roses round her brow, — White buds,...thus went dainty Baby Bell Out of this world of ours! PISCATAQUA EIVER. TTHOU singest by the gleaming isles, By woods, and fields of corn, Thou singest,... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 212 pages
...silken hair, We wove the roses round her brow — White buds, the summer's drifted snow— Wrapped her from head to foot in flowers ! And thus went dainty Baby Bell Out of this world of ours ! THE SHAKE IS THE GBASS. JG SAXE. [In a descriptive vein.] Come, listen awhile to me, my lads, Come... | |
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