 Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee's morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks...  Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page xiby John Greenleaf Whittier - 1902 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woo.lchurk digs his cell, And the ground-mole, sinks his well; How the robin feeds...Of gray hornet artisans ! — For, eschewing books ami tasks, Nature answers all he asks; Hand in hand with her he walks, Face to face with her he talks,... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...bee's morning chase, Of the wild flower's time and place; Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenant of the wood; How the tortoise bears his shell, How...clusters shine; Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of bis walls of clay; And the architectural plans Of gray hornet-artisans. For eschewing books and tasks,... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - Quotations - 1866 - 320 pages
...the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, 14 * And the ground-mole sinks his well; How the robin feeds...grow, Where the groundnut trails its vine, Where the wood grape's clusters shine; Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clay, And the architectural... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 276 pages
...Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the groundmole sinks his well ; How the robin feeds...oriole's nest is hung ; Where the whitest lilies blow, AVhere the freshest berries grow, Where the ground-nut trails its vine, Where the wood-grape's clusters... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1853 - 322 pages
...tears his shell, How the wood-chuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks his well ; How the rohin feeds her young, How the oriole's nest is hung ; Where...the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clsy, And the architectural plans Of grey hornet artizans! — For, eschewing books and tasks, Nature... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 274 pages
...Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the groundmole sinks his well ; How the robin feeds...trails its vine, Where the wood-grape's clusters shine j Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls of clay, And the architectural plans Of gray... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1868 - 220 pages
...the tenants of the wood; •How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks his well; How the robin feeds...freshest berries grow; Where the ground-nut trails his vine, Where the wood-grape's clusters shine; Of the black wasp's cunning way, Mason of his walls... | |
 | 1868 - 848 pages
...c^ll, And the ground mole ginks his well, How the robin feeds her young, How tbe oriole's nest is bung, Where the whitest lilies blow, Where the freshest berries grow, Where the wood nut trails its vine, Where the wood-grape clusters shine ; Of the biack wasp's cunnitg way, Mason... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1871 - 410 pages
...Of the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks his well ; How the robin feeds...And the architectural plans Of gray hornet artisans ! 2 For, eschewing 3 books and tasks, Nature answers all he asks ; Hand in hand with her he walks,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children - 1871 - 292 pages
...the tenants of the wood ; How the tortoise bears his shell ; How the wood-chuck digs his cell, And the ground-mole sinks his well. How the robin feeds...wood-grape's clusters shine : Of the black wasp's canning way, — Mason of his walls of clay, — And the architectural plans Of gray hornet artisans... | |
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