 Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the...  Recollections of Eminent Men: With Other Papers - Page 110by Edwin Percy Whipple - 1886 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
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...nurse ; Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.' Longfellow, His descriptions of these journeys, written to cheer his sister who suffered from low spirits,... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 602 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day The ryhmes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvelous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart... | |
 | 1882 - 858 pages
...nntrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.' And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale. Then bending over that grave, I remembered his words : ' God's book of Nature is the best book I know,... | |
 | Art - 1857 - 520 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart beats wild For the... | |
 | Art - 1857 - 594 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song. Or tell a more marvellous talo. во she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart beats wild... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1857 - 624 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day The ryhmes of tho universe. And whenever tho way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song. Or tell a more marvelous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times lus heart... | |
 | John Sullivan Dwight - Music - 1858 - 426 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart beats wild For the... | |
 | Education - 1858 - 396 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. \ Ami whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvelous tale. So she keeps him still a ehild£ And will not let him go, Though at times his heart... | |
 | Education - 1858 - 402 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day, The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvelous tale. So she keeps him still a child. And she will not let him go, Though at times his heart... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale. So she keeps him still a child, And will not let him go, Though at times his heart beats wild For the... | |
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