 Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table Waiting for Warren. When she heard his step, She ran on tip-toe down the darkened passage To meet him in the doorway with the news And put him on his guard. "Silas is back." She pushed him outward with her...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 2151915Full view - About this book
 | Robert Frost - 1915 - 152 pages
...saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, " Good fences make good neighbours." THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN MARY sat musing on the...door And shut it after her. " Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | Robert Frost - 1915 - 146 pages
...THE HIRED MAN MARY sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table Waiting for Warren. When she heard his She ran on tip-toe down the darkened passage To meet...door And shut it after her. " Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - American poetry - 1918 - 356 pages
...darkened passage To meet him in the doorway with the news And put him on his guard. "Silas is back." 288 She pushed him outward with her through the door And shut it after her. "Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | Amy Lowell - American poetry - 1920 - 392 pages
...written by Mr. Frost, this story is full of tenderness, and the foreboding of a silent close. It begins : She pushed him outward with her through the door And shut it after her. "Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1921 - 470 pages
...reach. " Men work together," I told him from the heart, "Whether they work together or apart." 1 80 THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN Mary sat musing on the...door And shut it after her. " Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1921 - 462 pages
...together or apart." THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table \Vaiting for Warren. When she heard his step, She ran on tip-toe...door And shut it after her. " Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | Edward Garnett - Literature, Modern - 1922 - 398 pages
...Warren. When she heard his step, She ran on tip-toe down the darkened passage To meet him in the door way with the news And put him on his guard. "Silas is...him now," she urges. I wish I had space to quote the debates so simple in its homely force, so comprehending in its spiritual veracity; but I must restrict... | |
 | Robert Frost - American poetry - 1923 - 164 pages
...wider. " Where do you mean to gq? First tell me that. 111 follow and bring you backJy^Jorce.,_JLa'KWf "V THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN MARY sat musing on the...door And shut it after her. " Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | Herbert Samuel Mallory - Book reviewing - 1923 - 554 pages
...English anthology." — Editor. full of tenderness, and the foreboding of a silent close. It begins : Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table Waiting...the door And shut it after her. "Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
 | Robert Frost - American poetry - 1923 - 168 pages
...passage To meet him in the doorway with the news And put him on his guard. " Silas is back." frjMi JL^ < She pushed him outward with her through the door And shut it after her. " Be kind," she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit... | |
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