 | 1866 - 408 pages
...: Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and hil throat began to swell, And in a hoarse, changed voice, he spake, "Farewell, sweet child! farewell! THE STORY OF VIRGINIA. Oh, how I loved my darling ! Though stern I sometimes be, To thee, thou know'st,... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...my darling loved me ! How glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back last year ! And how she danced with pleasure to see my civic... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...my darling loved me ! How glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back last year ! And how she danced with pleasure to see my civic... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his thro-it began to swell, And in a hoarse, changed voice, he spake, " Farewell, sweet child, Farewell! The house that was the happiest within the Roman walls, — The house that envied not the wealth of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1868 - 288 pages
...flesher on a block Had laid his whittle down : Virginius caught the whittle up, And hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, And his throat began to swell, And in a hoarse, changeJ voice lie spake, " Farewell, sweet child ! Farewell! Oh ! how I loved my darling ! Though stern... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...a block had laid has whittle down : Virginias caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. ATI d then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...my darling loved me ! How glad she was to hear My footstep on the threshold when I came back last year ! And how she danced with pleasure to see my civic... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 pages
...on a block had laid his whittle do\vn — Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown ; And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...my darling ! Though stern I sometimes be, To thee, them know'st, I was not so. Who could be so to thce 1 And how my darling loved me ! How glad she was... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...butcher on a block had laid his whittle down — Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...voice, he spake, " Farewell, sweet child, farewell I The house that was the happiest within the Roman walls — The house that envied not the wealth of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1870 - 176 pages
...flesher on a block had laid his whittle down ; Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then' his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...voice he spake, ' Farewell, sweet child ! Farewell ! And how my darling loved me ! How glad she was to hea.r My footstep on the threshold when I came... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...on a block had laid his whittle down, — Yirginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began...voice, he spake, " Farewell, sweet child, Farewell! The house that was the happiest within the Roman walls, — The house that envied not the wealth of... | |
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Hard by, a flesher on a block had laid his whittle down ; Virginius caught the whittle up, and hid it in his gown. And then his eyes grew very dim, and his throat began to swell, And in a hoarse, changed voice he spake, " Farewell, sweet child, farewell... 
