 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pagine
...-, The Better Land. I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou callest its children a happy band : Mother, oh where is that radiant shore ; Shall we...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle-boughs ?Not there, not there, my child. Is it where the feathery palm-trees... | |
 | 1813 - 1368 pagine
...HYMN IV. Jktter Land. I HEAR thee speak of the better land : Thou call'st ita children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant shore— Shall we...more? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, Aud the flre-flkfl daiico through the myrtle boughs? " \ -t there, not there, my child ; Is it far... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1828 - 328 pagine
...though "he cannot return." THE BETTER LAND. Child. I hear thee speak of ahetter land, '. , Thou cail'st its children a happy hand ; Mother! oh where is that...weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange hlow*, And the fire-flies glance througii the myrtle hought. Mother. Not there, not there, my child.... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pagine
...Land.—Mna. HBM'ANS. *' I HEAR thee speak of the better land; Thou call's! its children a happy band ; Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore ?— Shall...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" —" Not there, not there, my child!" " Is it where the feathery... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pagine
...BETTER LAND. ' I hear thee apeak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! O where is that radiant shore ? — Shall we not seek...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs '(' ' Not there, not there, my child !' • Is it where the feathery... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pagine
...— MRS. HEM'ANS. " I HEAR thee speak of the better land ; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore ? — Shall...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" — " Not there, not there, my child !'" " Is it where the feathery... | |
 | Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 476 pagine
...LAND. BY MRS. HEMANS. " I hear thee speak of the hetter land, Thou call's! its children a happy band ; Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore? — Shall...no more? — Is it where the flower of the orange hlows, And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle-boughs?' — " Not there, not there, my child !... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pagine
...HEAR thee spcak of the hetter land,; Thou call'sl Us children a happy hond ; Mother ! oil where la that radiant shore,— Shall we not seek it and weep no more? Is it where the tlower of the orange hlows, And the firt:-llies dance through the myrtle hought t " Not there, not... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 228 pagine
...51. The Better Land. " I hear thee speak of a better land ; Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore ? Shall we...the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs ?" — " Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the feathery... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1831 - 236 pagine
...'-*. " I HEAR thee speak of the better 'land ,vThou call'st its children a happy 'band ; \ Mother ! O, where is that 'radiant shore ? » Shall we not seek it, and 'weep no more ? Js it where the flower of the orange 'blows, » And the 'fire-flies dance through the 'myrtle boughs... | |
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Mother, oh ! where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies dance through the myrtle boughs? Not there, not there, my child. 
