Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er Those lighted faces smile no more. We tread the paths their feet have worn, We sit beneath their orchard trees, We hear, like them, the hum of... The Doolittle Family in America - Page 3501904 - 1350 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 pages
...fitful firelight paled and shone. Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted...the paths their feet have worn, We sit beneath their orchard-trees, We hear, like them, the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn; We turn the pages... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...dear home faces whereupon 5. Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted...them, the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn ; We turn the pages that they read, Their written words we linger o'er, But in the sun they cast no... | |
| Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 372 pages
...firelight paled and shone. 5. Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still ; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted...them, the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn ; We turn the pages that they read, Their written words we linger o'er, But in the sun they cast no... | |
| Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 374 pages
...firelight paled and shone. 5. Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still ; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted...sit beneath their orchard trees, We hear, like them, therkum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn ; We turn the pages that they read, Their written words... | |
| Conway (Mass.) - 1867 - 148 pages
...firelight paled and shone, Hence forward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still ; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted faces smile no more ; Tet Love will dream and Faith will trust, (Since He who knows our need is just,) That somehow, somewhere,... | |
| 1868 - 592 pages
...still ; Look where we may the wide world o'er, Those lighted faces shine no more. We tread the path their feet have worn, We sit beneath their orchard...them the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn ; We turn the pages that they read, Their written words we linger o'er ; But in the sun they cast no... | |
| Spiritualism - 1868 - 594 pages
...still ; Look where we may the wide world o'er, Those lighted faces shine no more. We tread the path their feet have worn, We sit beneath their orchard trees, We hear like them the hum of bees And rustic of the bladed corn ; We turn the pages that they read, Their written words we linger o'er ;... | |
| L. G. - Canada - 1870 - 148 pages
...shadowy land of the past. " Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still ; Look where we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted...the paths their feet have worn, We sit beneath their orchard-trees, We hear, like them, the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn ; But in the sun they... | |
| American poetry - 1871 - 210 pages
...voices of that hearth are still , Look where we may the wide earth o'er, Those lighted faces shine no more. We tread the paths their feet have worn,...them, the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn; We turn the pages that they read, Their written words we linger o'er, But in the sun they cast no shade,... | |
| G. L. - Children's stories, Canadian - 1871 - 138 pages
...shadowy land of the past. " Henceforward, listen as we will, The voices of that hearth are still ; Look where •we may, the wide earth o'er, Those lighted...the paths their feet have worn, We sit beneath their orchard-trees, We hear, like them, the hum of bees And rustle of the bladed corn ; But in the sun they... | |
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