 So in the church-yard she was laid ; And, when the grass was dry,* Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I. And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side."...  The silent pastor: or Consolations for the sick - Page 32by Thomas Sadler - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Mary O. Ward - 1852 - 236 pages
...slide, My brother John was forced to go; And he lies by her side." "How many are you, then," said I, "But they are dead — those two are dead, Their spirits are in heaven." 'Twas throwing words away, for still The little maid would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven."... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 342 pages
...played, My Brother John, and I. 15 My Brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." 16. " How many are you then," said I, " If they two are in heaven ? " The little maiden did reply : " 0 Master ! we are seven." 17. " Bat they are dead, those two are... | |
 | 1852 - 890 pages
...with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you then ? " said I, " If they two are in heaven 1" The little maiden did reply, " 0 master ! we are seven." " But they are dead ; those two are dead... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1852 - 346 pages
...said I, "If they two are in heaven ? " The little maiden did reply : " O Master ! we are seven." 17. " But they are dead, those two are dead ! Their spirits are in heaven : " Twos throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, " Nay, we are... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, 232 Wordsworth. How many are you then, said I, If they two are in Heaven ? The little Maiden did reply : 0 Master, we are seven. But they are dead ; those two are dead ! Their... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1853 - 300 pages
...with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you, then," said I, " If they two are in Heaven ?" Quick was the little Maid's reply, " 0 master! we are seven." " But they are dead ; those two are dead ! Their spirits are in Heaven !"... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go — • And he lays by her side.' ' How many are you, then,' said I, ' If they two are in heaven ?' The little maiden did reply : ' O, master ! we are seven.' ' But they are dead — those two are... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 pages
...white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." "How many are you then," said I, If they two are in Heaven?" The little Maiden did reply, "O Master ! we are seven." "But they are dead; those two are dead! Their... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side.' ' How many are you then,' said I, ' If they two are in heaven ? ' The little maiden did reply, ' 0, master ! we are seven.' 'But they are dead, those two are dead,'... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1854 - 104 pages
...D How many are you, then ? cried I, Since they two are in heaven ; The little maiden did reply, 0, master, we are seven. But they are dead, those two are dead, Their spirits are in heaven ; But still 'twas throwing words away, The little maid would have her way, and said, nay, we are seven.... | |
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