| 1894 - 792 oldal
...beautiful legend familiar to every child. Less widely known is another version : ' ' Have you uot heard of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird Carries the water that drenches it? " He brings cool dew in hia little bill. And lets it fall on the souls of sin : You can... | |
| 1889 - 226 oldal
...bough to bough in the apple tree. " Nay," said the grandmother, " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy, of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful...sin; You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My poor Bron Ruddyn, my breast-burned bird, Singing so sweetly... | |
| Joseph Henry Gilmore - 1871 - 278 oldal
...apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother, " have you not My poor bad boy ! of the fiery pit, [heard, And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird Carries...; You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breast-burned bird, Singing so sweetly... | |
| 1873 - 660 oldal
...to bough in the apple tree. "'Nay !" said the grandmother: "have you not heard, My poor, bad boy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful...; You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. •" My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breast-burned bird, Singing so... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 oldal
...bough in the apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother ; " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful...: You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breastburned bird, Singing so sweetly... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 oldal
...bough in the apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother ; " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful...: You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breastburned bird, Singing so sweetly... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1874 - 622 oldal
...bough to bough in the apple tree. Nay ! said the grandmother ; have you not heard My poor, bad boy, of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful...; You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. My poor Bron-rhuddyn ! My breast-burned bird ! Singing so sweetly... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 500 oldal
...poor, had hoy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful " Nay ! " said the grandmother ; bird Carries the water that quenches it ? •' He...: You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. "My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breasthurned bird. Singing so sweetly... | |
| Casket - 1874 - 832 oldal
...JVo. of London Society, 1871. "Nay!" said the grandmother; "have JOB not heard, My poor, bad boy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird Carries tbe water that quenches it? "He brings cool dew in his little bill, And lets it fall on the souls of... | |
| Caroline Snowden Guild - 1875 - 172 oldal
...to bough in the apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother : " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy, of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful...sin. You can see the mark on his red breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My ppor Bron-Rhuddyn ! My breast-burned bird ! Singing so sweetly... | |
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