 O !" she cried, joy catching at her voice, "O ! it is the dawn !" In a breath she passed over the brook, and looped up her skirts and fairly ran in the dim alleys. As she ran her ears were aware of many pipings, more beautiful than music; in the small...  Prince Otto: A Romance - Page 223by Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 272 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1885 - 708 pages
...began to run in the dim alleys, on the carpet of the moss and tassel, for the nearest rising ground. As she ran, her ears were aware of many pipings, more...than music; in the small, dish-shaped houses, in the fcrk of giant arms, where they had lain all night, lover by lover, warmly pressed, the bright-eyed,... | |
 | American literature - 1886 - 802 pages
...is the dawn!'" "Ina breath she passed over the brook, andlooped up her skirts and fairly ran in the dim alleys. As she ran her ears were aware of many...pressed, the brighteyed, big-hearted singers began to awake for the day. Her heart melted and flowed forth to them in kindness. And they, from their small... | |
 | American literature - 1886 - 408 pages
...the dawn! ' " " In a breath she passed over the brook, and looped up her skirts and fairly ran in the dim alleys. As she ran her ears were aware of many...dish-shaped houses in the fork of giant arms, where they had Iain all night, lover by lover, warmly pressed, the brighteyed, big-hearted, singers began to awake... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 456 pages
...the dawn ! " In a breath she passed over the brook, and looped up her skirts and fairly ran in the dim alleys. As she ran,] , ^ her ears were aware of many pipings, more beautiful ' "V \ than music; in the small dish-shaped houses in the fork rj.. of giant arms, where they had lain... | |
 | Thomas Bird Mosher - Literature - 1898 - 600 pages
...is the dawn I' In a breath she passed over the brook, and looped up her skirts and fairly ran in the dim alleys. As she ran, her ears were aware of many pipings, more be.iutif ul than music; in the small dish-shaped houses in the fork of giant arms, where they had lain... | |
 | James Benjamin Kenyon - Authors, English - 1901 - 268 pages
...is the dawn !" In a breath she passed over the brook, and looped up her skirts and fairly ran in the dim alleys. As she ran her ears were aware of many...pressed, the brighteyed, big-hearted singers began to awake for the day. Her heart melted and flowed forth to them in kindness. And they, from their small... | |
 | William George Waters - English literature - 1906 - 342 pages
...the dawn ! " In a breath she passed over the brook, and looped up her skirts and fairly ran in the dim alleys. As she ran her ears were aware of many...lain all night, lover by lover, warmly pressed, the bright -eyed, big-hearted singers began to awaken for the day. Her heart swelled and flowed forth to... | |
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