 | Frances Freeling Broderip - 1867 - 290 pages
...about a year before, and she put into a more homely paraphrase the beautiful words of the poet, — " Nay but the port where my sailor went, And the land...where my thoughts are sent, The only home for me!" Her little simple history explained the change in the picture that I now beheld. The empty cradle,... | |
 | 1867 - 174 pages
...Emenon. I PRAY you what is the nest to me, My empty nest ? And what is the shore where I stood to see My boat sail down to the west ? Can I call that home...where I anchor yet, Though my good man has sailed 1 Can I call that home where my nest was set, Now all its hope hath failed ? Nay ; but the port where... | |
 | Jean Ingelow - 1869 - 672 pages
...too. I pray you, what is the nest to me, My empty nest ? And what .is the shore where I stood to see My boat sail down to the west ? Can I call that home where I anchor yet, Though ray good man has sailed ? Can I call that home where my nest was set, Now all its hope hath failed... | |
 | 1870 - 252 pages
...too. I pray you, what is the nest to me, My empty nest ? And what is the shore where I stood to see My boat sail down to the west ? Can I call that home...that home where my nest was set, Now all its hope has failed ? Nay, but the port where my sailor went, And the land where my nestlings be: There is the... | |
 | 1871 - 730 pages
..., I pray you, what is the nest to me— My empty nest ? And what is the shore where I stood to see My boat sail down to the West? Can I call that home where I anchor not, Though my good man has sailed ? Can I call that home where my nest was set, Now all its hopes... | |
 | Book - 1872 - 326 pages
...too. I pray you, what is the nest to me — My empty nest ? And what is the shore where I stood to see My boat sail down to the west ? Can I call that home where I anchor yet, Though my good man has sail'd ? Can I call that home where my heart was set, Now all its hope has fail'd? Nay, but the port... | |
 | Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...too. I pray you, what is the nest to me, My empty nest ? And what is the shore where I stood to see My boat sail down to the west ? Can I call that home where I anchor yet, Though my good man has sail'd ? Can I call that home where my nest was set, Now all its hope hath fail'd ? Nay, but the port... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 pages
...empty nest ? And what is the shore where I stood to see Can I call that home where my nest was set, And the land where my nestlings be : There is the home where my thoughts are sent, Now all its hope hath failed P Nay, but the port where my sailor went, The only home for me— Ah me... | |
 | Maria Susannah Gibbons - 1872 - 350 pages
...representatives in the younger generation of one of the oldest H shire families. CHAPTEE XXXV. AT VALERIAN. " Can I call that home where my nest was set Now all its hopes hath failed ? * * * * The land where my nestlings be, There is the home where my thoughts are... | |
 | Henry Clay Fish - 1874 - 826 pages
...day, 1 pray you, what is the nest to me— My empty nest ? And what is the shore, where I stood to see My boat sail down to the west? Can I call that home...call that home where my nest was set, Now all its hopes have failed ? Nay, but the port where my sailor went, And the land where my nestlings be : There... | |
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I pray you what is the nest to me, • My empty nest ? And what is the shore where I stood to see My boat sail down to the west ? Can I call that home where I anchor yet, Though my good man has sailed... 
