 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1889 - 962 oldal
...to adopt children if only they felt they had a legal claim upon them when they had adopted them. " A dreary place would be this earth Were there no little people on it ; The song of life would lose its mirth Were there no children to begin it." Many childless men... | |
 | 1873 - 398 oldal
...put thee in the clelt of the rock, and will cover ihre,." THE LITTLE PEOPLE. BY JG WH1TTIER. A dfeary place would be this earth, Were there no little people...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it ; No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1893 - 642 oldal
...xxiv, 488, 8vo. SH Dublin. VERSES BY WHITTIER. — In which of Whittier'a poems do the lines occur: — A dreary place would be this earth Were there no little people in it! And also the lines : — Ob wlml would the world be to us If the children were no morel GCS AUTHORS... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1909 - 784 oldal
...on the reins of discipline. "Only to children, children sing, Only to youth will spring be spring; A dreary place would be this earth Were there no little...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it. Life's song, indeed, would lose its charm, Were there no babies to begin it; A doleful place this world... | |
 | 1863 - 648 oldal
...from heights of grace, And undiminished glory see. CKT — New York Evening Post. THE LITTLE PEOPLE. A DREARY place would be this earth Were there no little...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it. No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1867 - 128 oldal
...Of myself a part : Baby's throne, and what she rules, Is her mother's heart. ISSION OF UITTLE r EET. DREARY place would be this earth "Were there no little...lose its mirth Were there no children to begin it. No little forms like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1869 - 238 oldal
...bindeth up the trust ; O break it not, lest all the leaves Shall scatter and be lost. little $eople. A DREARY place would be this earth, Were there no...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it; No little forms, like buds to grow, And make th' admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 292 oldal
...OSGOOD A COMPANY. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, DC THE LITTLE PEOPLE. A DREARY place would be this earth, Were there no...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it ; No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; No little hands on breast... | |
 | 1872 - 710 oldal
...'tis hard for you To resist the evil, And the good to do. CF Alexander. 365. CHILDREN", Benefit of. looks and laughs at a' No little forms, like buds to grow, And make the admiring heart surrender ; Ко little hands on breast... | |
 | 1872 - 752 oldal
...one of onr sweetest singers — John G. Whittier. He opens the panorama with these lines, his own : " A dreary place would be this earth, Were there no...lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it." And the last lines are from Faber's pen : " With gentle swiftness lead me on. Dear God ! to see Thy... | |
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A dreary place would be this earth> Were there no little people in it: The song of life would lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it... 
