 Linnet and meadow-lark and all the throng That dwell in nests and have the gift of song. You slay them all! and wherefore? for the gain Of a scant handful, more or less, of wheat Or rye or barley or some other grain, Scratched up at random by industrious...  Tales of a Wayside Inn - Page 189by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 225 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 pages
...Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant...you ne'er think what wondrous beings these ? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught The dialect they speak, where melodies Alone are the interpreters... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. "You slay them all! and wherefore? for the gain Of a scant handful...you ne'er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught The dialect they speak , where melodies Alone are the interpreters... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant...you ne'er think what wondrous beings these ? Do you ne'er think Who made them, and Who The dialect they speak, where melodies Alone are the interpreters... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 232 pages
...neighborhood ; Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. Or rye, or barley, or some other grain, Scratched...you ne'er think what wondrous beings these ? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught The dialect they speak, where melodies Alone are the interpreters... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1865 - 768 pages
...half-way houses on the way to heaven." " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? For the gain Of a »cant handful, more or less, of wheat, Or rye, or barley,...feet, Searching for worm or weevil, after rain ! Or a low cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their leasts with... | |
 | washington: Government Printing Officee - 1865 - 778 pages
...Whose habitations in the tree tops, even, Are half-way houses on the way to heaven." • " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? For the gain Of a scant...rye, or barley, or some other grain, Scratched up at randem by industrious feet, Searching for worm or weevil, after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the ^ift of song. "You slay them all! and wherefore? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or harley, or some other grain. Scratched up at random by indu,trious feet, Searching for worm or weevil... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 pages
...Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all ! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant...of wheat, Or rye, or barley, or some other grain, Searching for worm or weevil after rain ! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songa... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 pages
...Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " Yon slay them all! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant...Scratched up at random by industrious feet, Searching lor worm or weevil after rain! Or a few cherries, that are not so sweet As are the songs these uninvited... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 482 pages
...Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. " You slay them all! and wherefore ? for the gain Of a scant...grain, Scratched up at random by industrious feet, As are the songs these uninvited guests Sing at their feast with comfortable breasts. " Do you ne'er... | |
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