 | 1846 - 460 σελίδες
...Tell my mother, that her other son ; shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage, For my father was a soldier,...And when he died, and left us to divide his scanty board, I let them take whate'er they would — but kept my father's sword ; And with boyish love I... | |
 | 1847 - 300 σελίδες
...other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage : Por my father was a soldier, and even as a child My heart...forth to hear him tell of struggles fierce and wild ; Anil when he died, and left us to divide his scanty board, I let them take whate'er they would —... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 520 σελίδες
...Tell my mother, that her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage : For my father was a soldier,...divide his scanty hoard, I let them take whate'er he would, but kept my father's sword, And with boyish love I hung it where the bright light used to... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 σελίδες
...was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage ; For my father was a soldier, and, even when a child, My heart leaped forth to hear him tell of...wild ; And when he died, and left us to divide his scauty hoard, I let them take whate'er they would, but kept my father's, sword ! And with boyish love... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 584 σελίδες
...Tell my mother that her other sons Shall comfort her old age ; And I was still a truant blrd, That thought his home a cage : For my father was a soldier, And even as a child My heart leap'd forth to hear him tell Of struggles fierce and wild ; --*, ' And when he died and left us To... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 σελίδες
..." Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age, For I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage ; For my father was a soldier, and, even when a child, My heart leaped forth to hear him tell of struggles fieree and wild ; And when he died,... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1854 - 408 σελίδες
...Rhine! "Tell my mother, that her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was aye a truant bird, that thought his home a cage: For my father was a soldier, and even as a child My heart leap'd forth to hear him tell of struggles fierce and wild ; And when he died, and left us to divide... | |
 | 1854 - 576 σελίδες
..." Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age, For I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage ; For my father was a soldier, and, even when a child, My heart leaped forth to hear him tell of struggles fieree and wild ; And when he died,... | |
 | Robert Redman Belshaw - 1855 - 188 σελίδες
...mother that her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird that thought my home a cage: For my father was a soldier and even...him tell of struggles fierce and wild, And when he died,and left us to divide his scanty hoard I let thorn take whate'er they would but kept my father's... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 σελίδες
...Tell my mother, that her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I was still a truant bird, that thought his home a cage: For my father was a soldier, and even as a child My heart leapt forth to hear him tell of struggles fierce and wild ! And when be died, and left us to divide... | |
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But some were young — and suddenly beheld life's morn decline, And one had come from Bingen, — 'fair Bingen on the Rhine ! " Tell my mother, that her other sons shall comfort her old age, And I... 
