...untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary — Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! Few paces...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children ; For the outside earth is cold — And we young ones stand...

...untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary — Our young feet," they say, " are very weak! Few paces...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children ; For the outside earth is cold — And we young ones stand...

...Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! F?w paces have we taken, yet are weary — Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside...And the graves are for the old ! " True," say the young children, "it may happen That we die before our time ! Little Alice died last year — the grave...

...weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet are weary, — Our grave rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside...in our bewildering, And the graves are for the old !" "For oh," say the children, "we are weary, And we cannot run or leap, — If we cared for any meadows,...

...untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" " Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! Few paces...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, ['ring, And we young ones stand...

...abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy, — "Your old earth," they say, "is very dreary ; Our young feet," they say, "are very weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet are weary, — Our grave rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earih...

...abhorrent drowns and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. ' " Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ; Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet are wearv. Our grave-rest is very far to seek 1 ' Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For...

...untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of Infancy. " Your old Earth," they say, " is very dreary! Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! Few paces...weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children, For the outside earth is cold, And we young ones stand without,...

...not the children, For the outside earth is cold, And we young ones stand without, in our bewild'ring, And the graves are for the old. " True," say the children, " it may happen ''That we may die before our time ! Little Alice died last year, — the grave is shapen Like a snowball, in...

...untimely draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. "Your old earth," they say, " is very dreary ;" " Our young feet," they say, " are very weak ! Few paces have we taken, yet arc weary — Our grave-rest is very far to seek ! Ask the old why they weep, and not the children,...