 O columbine, open your folded wrapper, Where two twin turtle-doves dwell ? 0 cuckoopint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell! And show me your nest with the young ones in It; I will not steal them away; 1 am old ! you may trust...  Home Songs for Little People - Page 1431872 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Children's poetry - 1868 - 220 pages
...wrapper, Where two twin turtle-doves dwell; 0 cuckoo-pint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell. And show me your nest, with the...trust me, linnet, linnet; I am seven times one to-day. Jean In^elo'w. THE BOY THAT LOVES A BABY. IOOD morning, little stranger! Good morning, baby, dear!... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1882 - 746 pages
...with the linnet : — And show me your nest with the young ones in it, I will not steal them away ; I am old ; you may trust me, linnet, linnet, I am seven times one to-day. Hurdis, on the other hand, one of the most grotesque and " infelicitous " minds that ever tried to... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1869 - 672 pages
...wrapper, Where two twin turtle-doves dwell ! O cuckoopint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell ! And show me your nest with the young ones in it ; I will not steal them away ; I am old ! you may trust me, linnet, linnet — I am seven times one to-day. SEVEN TIMES TWO. ROMAXCE.... | |
 | 1913 - 1088 pages
...Cuckoo-pine ! tell me the purple clapper, What hangs in your clear green bell. And show me your ne. t with the young ones in it — I will not steal them...me Linnet, Linnet ! I am seven times one to-day." Does she desire a story with a series of moving picture scenes and a real, satisfying climax ? Celia... | |
 | American poetry - 1871 - 210 pages
...wrapper, Where two twin turtle-doves dwell ! 0 cuckoo-pint ! toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell ! And show me your nest, with the...me, linnet, linnet ! I am seven times one to-day. JEAN INGELOW. WHEN I COME HOME. ABOUND me Life's hell of fierce ardors burns, When I come home, when... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - Recitations - 1871 - 200 pages
...wrapper, Where two twin turtle-doves dwell ! 0 Cuckoo-pint ! toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell ! And show me your nest, with the...me, linnet, linnet ! I am seven times one to-day. Ex. 76. — THE BIRD LET LOOSE. — Moore. THE bird let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Where two twin turtle-doves dwell ! 0 Cuckoo-pint ! toll me tin- purple clapper That hangs in your iest birds ; m2 JILAN INC E LOW WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children - 1871 - 292 pages
...in your clear green bell ! And show me your nest, with the young ones in it, — I will not steal it away ; 1 am old ! you may trust me, linnet, linnet, — I am seven times one to-day. — Jean Ingelow. A WISH. " BE my fairy, mother, Give me a wish a day ; Something, as well in sunshine... | |
 | Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...wrapper, Where two twin turtle-doves dwell ! 0 cuckoopint, toll me the purple clapper, That hangs in your clear green bell ! And show me your nest with the...me, linnet, linnet, — I am seven times one to-day. Jean Ingelow. SONNET. 3OTHER, revere God's image in thy child No earthy gift thy parent arms enfold... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...turtle-doves dwell ! 0 Cuckoo-pint ! toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green- bell I or opposed, the like array Kept these imprisoned children...elate and gay, I hastened to the spot whence I had JEAN INGELOW. WE ARE SEVEN. A SIMPLE child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every... | |
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