 | Readers - 1876 - 754 pages
...ent 'in off de wrong end ! " THE MOTHER'S SACRIFICE.— SEBA SMITH. The cold wind swept the mountain height, And pathless was the dreary wild, And 'mid...mother wandered with her child, — As through the drifting snow she pressed, The babe was sleeping on her breast. And colder yet the winds did blow,... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1879 - 200 pages
...BABE IN THE SNOW. pathless "bosom fleecy Almighty traveller answer THE cold winds swept the mountain height, And pathless was the dreary wild, And 'mid...A mother wandered with her child ; As through the drifting snow she pressed, The babe was sleeping on her breast. And colder still the winds did blow,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...light a foot, That the pressed daisy scarce declined her head. CHARLES LAMB. THE MOTHER'S SACRIFICE. ta Q 2PQ 2 | 2 drifting snow she pressed, The babe was sleeping on her breast. And colder still the winds did blow,... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1881 - 234 pages
...own warm covering in order to give it to her little one. She dies that her child may be saved. ] 1. The cold winds swept the mountain's height, And 'pathless...A mother wandered with her child : As through the 'drifting snow she pressed, The babe was sleeping on her breast. 2. And colder still the winds did... | |
 | Granville series - 1882 - 184 pages
...thin covering of snow, like the fleece on the back of a sheep. 1. The cold winds swept the mountain height, And pathless was the dreary wild, And 'mid...A mother wandered with her child ; As through the drifting snow she pressed, The babe was sleeping on her breast. 2. And colder still the winds did blow,... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...mercy arise, Like a star on eternity's ocean ! THE MOTHER IN THE SNOW-STORM. SEBA SMITH. HE cold wind swept the mountain's height, And pathless was the...wild ; And 'mid the cheerless hours of night A mother wander'd with her child. As through the drifting snow she pressed, The babe was sleeping on her breast.... | |
 | United States - 1887 - 810 pages
...Blake. Mrs. B. was the mother of Harrison G. Blake, Esq. of Medina, O. The cold winds swept the mountain height, And pathless was the dreary wild. And 'mid...mother wandered with her child ; As through the drifted snows she pressed. The babe was sleeping on her breast. And colder still the winds did blow, And darker... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...as John Maynard dropped, and his spirit took its flight to God. JOHN B. GOUGH. LOST IN THE SNOW. HE cold winds swept the mountain's height, And pathless was the dreary wild, And, 'mid the cheerless hour« of night, A mother wandered with her child. As through the drifted snows she pressed, The babe... | |
 | 1888 - 786 pages
...Mrs. B. was the mother of Harrison G. Blake, Esq . of Medina, O. The cold winds swept the mountain height, And pathless was the dreary wild, And 'mid...mother wandered with her child ; As through the drifted snows she pressed. The babe was sleeping on her breast. And colder still the winds did blow, And darker... | |
 | George Bancroft Griffith - American literature - 1888 - 870 pages
...found alive and well in the morning, being carefully wrapped in the mother's clothing." The cold wind swept the mountain's height, And pathless was the...dreary wild, And 'mid the cheerless hours of night, And colder still the winds did blow. And darker hours of night came on. And deeper grew the drifting... | |
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mid the cheerless hours of night, A mother wandered with her child. As through the drifted snows she pressed, The babe was sleeping on her breast. And colder still the winds did blow, And darker hours of night came on, And deeper grew the drifts of snow... 
