 He saw her lift her eyes ; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. " I 'm sorry that I spelt the word ; I hate to go above you, Because...  Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier - Seite 316von John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 413 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1894 - 582 Seiten
...— As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes ; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. 1 1 'm sorry that I spelt the word : I hate to go above you, Because," — the brown eyes lower fell,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1894 - 228 Seiten
...the point of doing wrong. LXXVI. IN SCHOOL-DAYS. fOHN G. WHITTIER. HE saw her lift her eyes ; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. " I'm sorry that I spelt the word ; I hate to go above you, Because," — the brown eyes lower fell,... | |
 | 1898 - 670 Seiten
...As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. 8. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. 9. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word; I hat« to go above you. Because," — the brown eyes lower fell,... | |
 | 1898 - 956 Seiten
...As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. 8. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing. And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. 9. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word; I hate to go above you, Because," — the brown eyes lower fell,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1895 - 584 Seiten
...hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. Becanee," — the brown eyes lower fell, " Because, you see, I love you ! " Still memory to я gray-haired man That sweet child-face is showing. Dear girl ! tin- grasses on her grave Have forty... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...below ! A. EDMUND WALLER — Divine Poems. Divine Love. Canto in. L. 17. " I'm sorry that I spell'd ll — (I wis That none who wear such brooches miss...in the mirror). c. EB BROWNING — A Flower in a ! " *. WHITTIEH— In School-Days. St. 4. O, rank is good, and gold is fair, And high and low mate... | |
 | Walter Lorenzo Sheldon - 1896 - 378 Seiten
...we are all so well acquainted, but which never become commonplace : — " I'm sorry that I spelled the word ; I hate to go above you ; Because" — the...eyes lower fell — " Because, you see, I love you." One can go back and read this poem by Whittier once a year to the end of one's life, and each time... | |
 | 1896 - 910 Seiten
...His cap pulled low upon a face Where pride and shame were mingled. He saw her lift her eyes, he felt The soft hand's light caressing. And heard the tremble of her voice. As if a fault confessing. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because," the brown eyes lower fell, "Because,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 602 Seiten
...lingered; As restlessly her tiny hands The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing. And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because" — the brown eyes lower fell —... | |
 | 1896 - 182 Seiten
...her apron. A look of loving pity marks her countenance. (Reading.) He saw her lift her eyes ; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice As if a fault confessing. " I'm sorry that I spelt the word ; I hate to go above you, Because " — the brown eyes lower fell... | |
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