 | 1852 - 890 pages
...replied; " Twelve steps or more, from mother's door, And they are side by side. My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the...was little Jane, In bed she moaning lay, Till God releas'd her from her pain, And then she went away. So in the churchyard she was laid, Ami, when the... | |
 | Mary O. Ward - Children - 1852 - 292 pages
...steps or more from mother's door, And they are side by side. " My stockings there I often knit ; f-fily 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground...Jane; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released her from her pain, And then she went away. • "So in the churchyard she was laid; And when the grass was... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 342 pages
...from my Mother's door, And they are side by side. 11. My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchiefs there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, I sit, and sing to them : 12. And often, after sun-set, Sir, "When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - Anecdotes - 1852 - 360 pages
...And there upon the ground I sit, I sit, and sing to them : 12. And often, after sun-set, Sir, \Vhen it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. 13. The first, that died, was little Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God releas'd her of her pain,... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...replied, ' Twelve steps or more from mother's door, And they are side by side. My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the...was little Jane — In bed she moaning lay, Till God relieved her of her pain, And then she went away. So in the churchyard she was laid ; And when the... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side. ' My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the...And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and Mr, I take my little porringer (2) And eat my supper there. (2) Porringer — a small wooden bowl.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1853 - 300 pages
..."Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side. My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. And often after sun-set, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...The little maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, " My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the...Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released her from her pain, And then she went away. " So in the churchyard she was laid ; And when the grass was... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 614 pages
...replied, ' Twelve steps or more from mother's door, And they arc side by side. 'My stockings there I often knit, My 'kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the...was little Jane, In bed she moaning lay, Till God relieved her of her pain, And then she went away. ' So in the churchyard she was laid, And, when the... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1854 - 104 pages
...replied, Twelve steps or more, from mother's door, And they are side by side. My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the...there. The first that died was little Jane, In bed she mourning lay, Till God releas'd her of her pain, And then she went away. So in the churchyard she was... | |
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You run about, my little Maid, Your limbs they are alive ; If two are in the churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen... 
