 Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot, As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...  Child Life in Colonial Days - Page 380by Alice Morse Earle - 1899 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...while deep employed, Tho' mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot , As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The.chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw , To piteh the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot j RݦU ( 朢 zp B/̿ Z:O_8 g* h |} & ʾ y] K ҤU ) 9 @ To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dexterous pat ; The pleasing spectacle... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1852 - 560 pages
...The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, yet not destroy'd. The little ones unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our...and draw The chalky ring and knuckle down at taw. This fond attachment to the well-known place, When first we started into life's long race, Maintains... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - 536 pages
...The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing...and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat" to say nothing... | |
 | 1853 - 570 pages
...The bench on which we sat while deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing...and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat" to say nothing... | |
 | 1853 - 614 pages
...mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet deel roy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing oar games, and on the very spot ; As happy as we once,...and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat" to say nothing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 544 pages
...deep employ'd, Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd : The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot,...as we once to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle-down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dextrous... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...destroy'd , The little ones, unbotton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot ; 305 As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the ball into the grounded hat, Or drive it devious with a dext'rous pat ; The pleasing... | |
 | Joseph Willard - Lancaster (Mass.) - 1853 - 258 pages
...deep employed, Though mangled, hacked, and hewed, not yet destroyed ; The little ones, unbuttoned, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot, As happy as we once." There is indeed an attachment to early scenes, and the home which gave us birth, which, whatever may... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 522 pages
...ftill; The bench on which we fat while deep employ'd, Tho' mangled, hack'd, and hew'd,not yet deftroy'd; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very fpot ; As happy as we once to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw ; To pitch the... | |
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