 WHAT IS THAT, MOTHER ? WHAT is that, Mother ? The lark, my child ! The morn has but just looked out, and smiled ; When he starts, from his humble, grassy nest, And is up and away, with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure, bright...  Lessons in Reading: For Children in Families and Schools : with Questions on ... - Page 1361842 - 156 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Children - 530 pages
...starts from bis humble, grassy nest, And is up, and away, with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in bis heart to yon pure bright sphere, To warble it out in his Maker's ear. Ever, my child, be thy morning lays Found, like the Lark's, to thy Maker's praise." Boy. " What is that, Mother ? " " The... | |
 | 1828 - 608 pages
...heart, to yon pure, bright sphere, To warble it out in his Maker's ear: Ever, my child, be thy morning lays Tuned, like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise. "What is that, mother?—The dove, my son! And that low, sweet voice, like a widow's moan, Is flowing out from her... | |
 | Great Britain - 1829 - 860 pages
...lays Tuned, like the lark'«, to thy Maker 1 « pralle. What is that, mother I The lark, my child ! And that low sweet voice, like a widow's moan, Is flowing out from her gentle breait, Constant and pure, by that lonely nest, As the wave is poureu from some crystal urn, For her... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...When he starts from his humble, grassy nest And is up and away, with the dew on his breast* And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure, bright sphere, To warble...out in his maker's ear. — Ever, my child, be thy morning lays Tuned, like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise. What is that, Mother ? The dove, my son... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - Literary and scientific class book, Author of - 1830 - 228 pages
...he starts from his humble, grassy nest, And is up and away, with the dlfw on his breast And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure bright sphere, To warble...out in his Maker's ear — Ever, my child, be thy morning lays ,Tuiif<l. like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise What i« that, mother ? ^ The dove, ^beoiJ?... | |
 | Mary Roberts - Gloucestershire (England) - 1831 - 388 pages
...character of her assigned locality, as the soft cooing of the turtle-dove to green solitary haunts. " That low sweet voice, like a widow's moan, Is flowing out from her gentle breast, Constant and pure, by her lonely nest, As the wave is poured out from some crystal urn, For her distant dear one's quick... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1833 - 150 pages
...he starts from- his humble, grassy nest, And is up and away, with the dew on his breast And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure bright sphere, To warble...out in his Maker's ear — Ever, my child, be thy morning lays Tuned, like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise. 2. Child. What is that, Mother? Mother.... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...When he starts from his humble, grassy nest, And is up and away with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure, bright sphere, To warble...flowing out from her gentle breast, Constant and pure by that lonely nest, As the wave is poured from some crystal urn, For her distant dear one's quick... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...he starts from his humble, grassy nest, And is up and away with the dew on his breast, s And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure, bright sphere, To warble it out in IMS Maker's ear. Ever, my ehild, be thy morn's first lays Tuned, like the lark's to thy Maker's praise.... | |
 | 1835 - 218 pages
...smiled, When he starts from his grassy nest, And is up and away, with the dew on his breast, And a hymn in his heart to yon pure bright sphere, To warble...Tuned like the lark's to thy Maker's praise. What ia that Mother? The dove, my son ! — And that low sweet voice, like a widow's moan, Is flowing out... | |
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