 They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are covered warm ; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them all from harm. If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping, They pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed.  Californian Illustrated Magazine - Page 4501893Full view - About this book
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...Unseen, they pour blessing And joy without ceasing On each bud and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are...warm ; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them from all harm ; If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping, They pour sleep on their head,... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...Unseen, they pour blessing, And joy without ceasing, On each bud and blossom, On each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are...warm ; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them from all harm ; If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping, They pour sleep on their head,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...Unseen, they pour blessing, And joy without ceasing, On each bud and blossom, On each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are...warm ; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them from all harm ; If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping. They pour sleep on their head,... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...Unseen, they pour blessing, And joy without ceasing, On each bud and blossom, On each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are...warm ; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them from all harm ; If they see any weeping That should have been sleeping, They pour sleep on their head,... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist, Anne Burrows Gilchrist - Artists - 1863 - 366 pages
...Unseen, they pour blessing, And joy without ceasing, On each bud and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey, They pitying stand and weep ; Seeking to drive their thirst away,... | |
 | William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...bud and blossom And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are coyer'd warm ; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey They pitying stand and weep, Seeking to drive their thirst away,... | |
 | William Blake - 1874 - 194 pages
...bud and blossom And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd warm ; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey They pitying stand and weep, Seeking to drive their thirst away,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...and blossom. And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd warm, They visit caves of every beast, To keep them...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. W. Blahe *8* SIMON LEE THE OLD HUNTSMAN IN the sweet shire of Cardigan, Not far from pleasant Ivor... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...Unseen they pour blessing, And joy without ceasing, On each bud and blossom, On each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. When wolves and tigers howl for prey They pitying stand and weep, Seeking to drive their thirst away,... | |
 | Readers and speakers - 1880 - 296 pages
...they pour blessing, • And joy without ceasing, On each bud and blossom, And each sleeping bosom. • They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are...pour sleep on their head, And sit down by their bed. "W. BLAKE. * 41 » WHAT CAN LITTLE HANDS DO? v OH, what can little hands do To please the King of heaven... | |
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