 These pretty babes, with hand in hand, Went wandering up and down ; But never more could see the man Approaching from the town : Their pretty lips with blackberries Were all besmeared and dyed ; And when they saw the darksome night They sat them down...  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 456edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Mother Goose - Fairy tales - 1878 - 330 pages
...; But never more they saw the man Approaching from the town. Thus wandered these two pretty dears, Till death did end their grief; In one another's arms they died, Poor babes ! past all relief. No burial these innocents Of any man receives, But Robin Redbreast lovingly... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - Children's poetry, English - 1879 - 376 pages
...when they saw the darksome night, They sat them down and cried. Thus wandered these poor innocents Till death did end their grief, In one another's arms...Of any man receives, Till Robin Redbreast piously And now the heavy wrath of God Upon their uncle fell; Yea, fearful fiends did haunt his house, His... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - Literary Criticism - 1879 - 152 pages
...when they saw the darksome night They sat them down and cried. Thus wandered these two pretty babes Till death did end their grief, In one another's arms they died, As babes wanting relief. No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives. Till Robin Redbreast painfully... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1880 - 488 pages
...when they saw the darksome night, They sat them down and cried. Thus wandered these two lit tie babe. Till. death did end their grief: In one another's arms they died, 338 339 No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives ; But robin red-breast painfully Did cover... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Children - 1880 - 158 pages
...leaves. Did you never hear old Nurse Andrews repeat the old ballad ? I can almost say it myself:— ' No burial this pretty pair Of any man receives, Till Robin Redbreast painfully Did cover them with leaves,' " — shouted Sophy : " you that pretend to be so fond of poetry,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...Thus wandered these poor innocente, Till deathe did end their grief; In one another.-; arms they dyed, ( 4 4 h 4 Robin-red-breast piously Did cover them with leaves. And now the heavy wrathe of God Upon their uncle... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry, English - 1882 - 376 pages
...when they saw the darksome night, They sat them down and cried. Thus wandered these poor innocents Till death did end their grief, In one another's arms...Robin Redbreast piously Did cover them with leaves. And now the heavy wrath of God Upon their uncle fell ; Yea, fearful fiends did haunt his house, His... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1882 - 262 pages
...when they saw the darksome night They sat them down and cried. 120 Thus wander'd these poor innocents Till death did end their grief, In one another's arms...relief: No burial this pretty pair Of any man receives, But Robin Redbreast piously Did cover them with leaves. 128 And now the heavy wrath of God Upon their... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1882 - 782 pages
...Urought strawberry leaves, And over them spread. Thus wandered these poor innocents, Till deathe doth end their grief, In one another's arms they died,...burial this pretty pair Of any man receives, Till robin-redbreast piously Did cover them with leaves. This last quotation is exquisite, and the idea... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...they saw tho darksome night, They eat them down and cried. 120 Thus wander' d these poor innocents, Till death did end their grief ; In one another's...As wanting due relief : No burial this pretty pair From any man receives, Till Kobin Redbreast piously Did cover them with leave«. And now the heavy... | |
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