 Two of us in the churchyard lie, Beneath the churchyard tree." "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," The little maid replied, "Twelve...  Child Life: A Collection of Poems - Page 210edited by - 1872 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Children's poetry - 1857 - 300 pages
...churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied ; " Twelve steps or more from my mother's...kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. " And often after sunset, sir, "When it is light and fair, WE ABE SEVEN.... | |
 | Jean Roemer - English language - 1857 - 332 pages
...churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door...kerchief there I hem, And there upon the ground I git— I sit and sing to them. " And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...bursting of a cannon. The princess worked and read religious books. Charles I. was beheaded. My stocking_s there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem, And there upon the ground I sit, I sit and sing to them. 19. Change the active verbs in the following sentences into passive verbs,... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - Children - 1858 - 262 pages
...churchyard laid, Then ye are only five." " Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door...is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. " The first that died was sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released... | |
 | Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar - American literature - 1979 - 370 pages
...Striving against my swaddling bands: Bound and weary I thought best To sulk upon my mothers breast. (28) "My stockings there I often knit My kerchief there...is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there." (41-49) The Wordsworthian child clings to unity of setting as tenaciously as... | |
 | Ray Broadus Browne - Social Science - 1979 - 504 pages
...five." "Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little maid replied. Twelve steps or more from mother's door, And they are side by side. "My stockings there I often knit, My kerchiefs there I hem; And there upon the ground 1 sit, And sing a song to them. "And often after sunset,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fiction - 1994 - 628 pages
...green, they may be seen,' The little Maid replied, 'Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, 40 And they are side by side. 'My stockings there I often...is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. 'The first that died was sister Jane; 50 In bed she moaning lay, Till God released... | |
 | McGuffey - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 216 pages
...The little maid replied, " Twelve steps or more from mother's door, And they are side by side. 10. "My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there...there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them. 11. "And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my... | |
 | John Hollander - Education - 1997 - 342 pages
...accounted for: "Their graves are green, they may be seen" she says, and goes on to report that . . . often after sun-set, Sir When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. We might feel that no child would say "my little porringer," any more than "my... | |
 | Peter de Bolla - Art - 2003 - 175 pages
...church-yard laid, Then ye are only five." "Their graves are green, they may be seen," The little Maid replied, "Twelve steps or more from my mother's door,...kerchief there I hem; And there upon the ground I sit— I sit and sing to them. And often after sunset, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer,... | |
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