 The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At daybreak on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door....  The popular educator - Page 295by Popular educator - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 pages
...hill they stood That overlooked the moor; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept— and turning homeward, cried, "...the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet. Then downwards from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small ; And through the broken... | |
 | Scottish School-Book Association (Edinburgh) - 1868 - 152 pages
...thence ' they saw the bridge of wood | A furlong ' from the door. And now ' they homeward turn'd, and cried, " In heaven ' we all shall meet ! " When in the snow | the mother spied I The print ' of Lucy's feet. Then downwards | from the steep hill's edge They track'd ' the foot-marks... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 pages
...overlooked the moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept—and, turning homeward, cried, " In heaven we all shall...the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet. Then downwards from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small; And through the broken... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...moor, And thence they saw the bridge of wood A furlong from their door. And turning homeward, now they cried, " In heaven we all shall meet !" When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet. Then downward from the steep hill's edge They track'd the footmarks small, And through the broken hawthorn... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood A furlong from the door. And turning homeward, now they cried, " In heaven we all shall meet," When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet, Then downward from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small ; And through the broken... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 pages
...hill they stood That overlooked the moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood A furlong from their door. They wept, and turning homeward, cried, " In...feet. Half breathless from the steep hill's edge, They tracked the footmarks small ; And through the broken hawthorn hedge, And by the long stone wall ; And... | |
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 pages
...hill they stood That overlooked the moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood A furlong from their door. They wept, and turning homeward, cried, " In...feet. Half breathless from the steep hill's edge, They tracked the footmarks small ; And through the broken hawthorn hedge, And by the long stone wall ; And... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1870 - 108 pages
...At daybreak on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor, And thence they saw the bridge of \vocct They wept, and turning homeward, cried, ' In heaven...the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet. Then downward from the steep bill's edge They tracked the footmarks small; And through the broken hawthorn... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1870 - 146 pages
...moor, And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A FURLONG from the door. And, turning homeward, now they cried, " In heaven we all shall meet ;" When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet. Then downward from the steep hill's edge, They tracked the footmarks small, And through the broken... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children - 1871 - 292 pages
...they stood That overlooked the moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept, — and, turning homeward, cried,...the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet. Then downwards from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small ; And through the broken... | |
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