 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 584 pages
...but make us feel Our lonelihood the more. A j SvMraGTO!,. JUNE. A SUMMER EVENING ON A VILLAGE GREEN. Old John with white hair Does laugh away care, Sitting...In our youth-time were seen On the echoing green. SUMMER EVENING. Like birds in their nest Are ready for rest, And sport no more seen On the darkening... | |
 | William Blake - 1866 - 132 pages
...Sing louder around To the bells' cheerful sound, While our sports shall be seen On the echoing green. Old John with white hair Does laugh away care, Sitting...The sun does descend, And our sports have an end. Bound the laps of their mothers Mauy sisters and brothers, Like birds in their nest, Are ready for... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1874 - 216 pages
...cheerful sound ;— Whilst our sports shall be seen On the echoing green. Old John, with white hair, Doth laugh away care, Sitting under the oak Among the old...soon they all say, " Such, such were the joys When we all—girls and boysIn our youth time were seen On the echoing green." Till the little ones weary,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 pages
...louder around To the bells' cheerful sound ; While our sports shall be seen On the echoing green. 10 Old John, with white hair, Does laugh away care, Sitting...the oak, Among the old folk. They laugh at our play, ' . ' "IS And soon they all say, ' Such, such were the joys ' When we all — girls and boys— ' In... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 242 pages
...louder around To the bells' cheerful sound ; While our sports shall be seen On the echoing green.1 Old John, with white hair, Does laugh away care, Sitting...all — girls and boys — In our youth-time were syeu On the echoing green." FIRST POETRY BOOK. Till the little ones, weary, No mora can be merry ;... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 126 pages
...louder around To the bells' cheerful sound ; While our sports shall be seen On the echoing green.1 Old John, with white hair, Does laugh away care, Sitting...soon they all say, " Such, such were the joys When wo all — girls and boys — ' In our youth-time wero seen On tho echoing green." 1 ereon, tho village... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1878 - 136 pages
...green. s. Old John, with white hair, Doth laugh away care, Sitting under the oak Among the old folk. 4. They laugh at our play, And soon they all say: ' Such, such were the joys When we all—girls and boys— In our youth-time were seen On the echoing green.' 6. Till the little ones... | |
 | Alexander Gilchrist - 1880 - 500 pages
...Sing louder around To the bells' cheerful sound ; While our sports shall be seen On the echoing green. Old John with white hair, Does laugh away care, Sitting...descend, And our sports have an end. Round the laps of th^: mothers Many sisters and bnSBrs, Like birds in their nest, Are ready for rest, And sport no more... | |
 | Illustrated readers - 1881 - 154 pages
...green. 3. Old John, with -white hair, Doth laugh away care, Sitting under the oak Among the old folk. 4. They laugh at our play, And soon they all say, ' Such,...In our youth-time were seen On the echoing green.' 5. Till the little ones, weary, No more can be merry ; The sun doth descend, And our sports have an... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1884 - 360 pages
...birds of the bush, Sing louder around To the bells' cheerful sound ; While our sports shall be seen Old John, with white hair, Does laugh away care, Sitting...the oak, Among the old folk. They laugh at our play, 15 And soon they all say, " Such, such were the joys When we all — girls and boys — In our youth... | |
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Old John, with white hair, Does laugh away care, Sitting under the oak, Among the old folk. They laugh at our play, And soon they all say: 'Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green. 
