 | 1894 - 792 Seiten
...beautiful legend familiar to every child. Less widely known is another version : ' ' Have you uot heard of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird Carries the water that drenches it? " He brings cool dew in hia little bill. And lets it fall on the souls of sin : You can... | |
 | 1889 - 226 Seiten
...be; Tossed a stone at the bird, who hopped From bough to bough in the apple tree. " Nay," said the grandmother, " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy,...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My poor Bron Ruddyn, my breast-burned bird, Singing so sweetly from limb to limb, Very dear to the... | |
 | Joseph Henry Gilmore - 1871 - 278 Seiten
...apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother, " have you not My poor bad boy ! of the fiery pit, [heard, And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird Carries...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breast-burned bird, Singing so sweetly from limb to limb, Very dear to the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 Seiten
...be, Tossed a stone at the bird, who hopped From bough to bough in the apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother ; " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breastburned bird, Singing so sweetly from limb to limb, Very dear to the... | |
 | 1873 - 660 Seiten
...be, Tossed a stone at the bird, who hopped From bough to bough in the apple tree. "'Nay !" said the grandmother: "have you not heard, My poor, bad boy...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. •" My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breast-burned bird, Singing so sweetly from limb to limb ; Very dear... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 Seiten
...be, Tossed a stone at the bird, who hopped From bough to bough in the apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother ; " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breastburned bird, Singing so sweetly from limb to limb, Very dear to the... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1874 - 622 Seiten
...will be, Tossed a stone at the bird who hopped From bough to bough in the apple tree. Nay ! said the grandmother ; have you not heard My poor, bad boy,...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. My poor Bron-rhuddyn ! My breast-burned bird ! Singing so sweetly from limb to limb, Very dear to the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 500 Seiten
...poor, had hoy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful " Nay ! " said the grandmother ; bird Carries the water that quenches it ? •' He...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. "My poor Bron rhuddyn ! my breasthurned bird. Singing so sweetly from limb to limb, Very dear to the... | |
 | Casket - 1874 - 840 Seiten
...(.'luiijuft of Literature. — Chr'mtmas JVo. of London Society, 1871. "Nay!" said the grandmother; "have JOB not heard, My poor, bad boy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird Carries tbe water that quenches it? "He brings cool dew in his little bill, And lets it fall on the souls of... | |
 | Caroline Snowden Guild - 1875 - 172 Seiten
...be, Tossed a stone at the bird, who hopped From bough to bough in the apple-tree. " Nay ! " said the grandmother : " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy,...breast still Of fires that scorch as he drops it in. " My ppor Bron-Rhuddyn ! My breast-burned bird ! Singing so sweetly from limb to limb ; Very dear to... | |
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said the grandmother ; " have you not heard, My poor, bad boy ! of the fiery pit, And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird Carries the water that quenches it ? " He brings cool dew in his little bill, And lets it fall on the souls of sin : You can see... 
