 | 1859 - 490 Seiten
...ask'd him what he did abroad In that cold winter's night ? The cold was keen indeed, he said, But no home, no fire, had he ; And therefore he had come...woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest ; She had a'Jjaby at her back, Another at her breast. I ask'd her, why she loiter'd there, The night^wind was... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - 1875 - 252 Seiten
...father was at home, And he lay sick a-bed, And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. 7. We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest;...had a baby at her back, And another at her breast. 8. I asked her why she loitered there, When the night-wind was so chill ; She turned her head, and... | |
 | 1876 - 398 Seiten
...did abroad When the wind it blew so cold. She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed, And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for...breast. I ask'd her why she loiter'd there, When the wind it was so chill ; She turned her head, and bade the child That scream'd behind, be still. She... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 724 Seiten
...abroad To ask for charity. We met a young, barefooted child, And she begged loud and bold: I asked her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold....had a baby at her back, And another at her breast. I asked her why she loitered there When the nijrht-wind was so chill: She turned her head, and bade the... | |
 | Excelsior poetry book - 1880 - 234 Seiten
...barefooted child, And she begged loud and bold ; She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed ; And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for...had a baby at her back, And another at her breast. I asked her why she loitered there, When the wind it was so chill ? She turned her head, and bade the... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 Seiten
...come abroad To ask for charity. We met a young barefooted child, And she begg'd loud and bold; I asked dismay aud surprise When a skeleton's head was exposed 1 J ask'd her why she loiter'd there, When the night-wind was so chill; She turn'd her head, and bade... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1881 - 244 Seiten
...abroad To ask for charity. We met a young barefooted child, And she begged loud and bold ; I asked her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold....Upon a stone to rest ; She had a baby at her back, I asked her why she loitered there, When the night- wind was so chill ; She turned her head, and bade... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 Seiten
...did abroad when the wild wind blew so cold. She said her father was at home, and he lay sick in bed, And therefore was it she was sent abroad to beg for...had a baby at her back, and another at her breast. I asked her why she loitered there, when the bleak wind blew so chill : She turned her head, and bade... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 168 Seiten
...abroad When the wind it blew so cold. 6. She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed ; And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. 7. We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest ; She had a baby at her back, And another at her... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1898 - 200 Seiten
...abroad When the wind it blew so cold. She said her father was at home, And he lay sick a-bed,* Aud therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread....rest ; She had a baby at her back, And another at her lireaat. I asked her why she loitered* there, When the night- wind was so chill ;* She turned her head,... | |
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We met a young bare-footed child, And she begg'd loud and bold, I ask'd her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold; She said her father was at home And he lay sick a-bed, And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. We saw a woman... 
