 O tell your poor blind boy ! You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright ; I feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night ? My day or night myself I make Whene'er I sleep or play ; And could I ever keep awake With me 'twere...  Poetry for children, selected by L. Aikin - Page 4by Poetry - 1806Full view - About this book
 | N. Leitch - 1851 - 234 pages
...that which is to come. Manners and Customs of the Jews. 0.—The Blind Boy. 0 SAY! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy; What are the blessings of the sight, 0 tell your poor blind boy! You talk of wond'rous things you see, You say the sun shines bright; 1... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? \Vhat are the blessings of the sight? О tell your poor blind boy ! You talk of wondrous things...the sun shines bright ; 1 feel him warm, but how can be Or make it day or night 7 My day or night myself I make, Whene'er I sleep or play ; And could I... | |
 | Hymns - 1853 - 184 pages
...that thing call'd light. W hich I must ne'er enjoy 1 What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell a poor blind 'boy. You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright ; I feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night; My day or night myself I make, Whene'er... | |
 | Clara Arnold - Children - 1853 - 172 pages
...is that thing called light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? 0, tell a poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see ; You say the sun shines bright : I feel him warm ; but how can he Or make it day or night? My day or night myself I make Whene'er... | |
 | Clara Arnold - Children - 1853 - 170 pages
...death, in punishment of her vile artifices. THE CONTENTED BLIND BOY. 0, SAY, what is that thing called light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? 0, tell a poor blind boy! You talk of wondrous things you see ; You say the sun shines bright : I feel... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1854 - 192 pages
...what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What arc the blessings of the sight ? Oh tell your poor blind boy. ' You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright ; I feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night ? * My day and night myself I make Whene'er... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1854 - 104 pages
...tribute due, To teach and cheer the little Jew ? THE BLIND BOY. Oh ! say, what is that thing called light, Which I must ne'er enjoy ! What are the blessings of the sight ? 0 ! tell your poor blind boy. You talk of wondrous things you see, You say the sun shines bright... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1857 - 300 pages
...loudest breath of fame." MES. SIGOTIENET. t THE BLIND BOY'S LAMENT. 0 SAT what is that thing called light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings...make it day or night ? My day or night myself I make, When'er I sleep or play, And could I always keep awake, With me 't were always day. With heavy sighs... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1857 - 164 pages
...they could not 'scape the Almighty's eye.' THE CONTENTED BLIND BOY. 0 ! SAY, what is that thing called light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight ? O ! tell a poor blind boy ! You talk of wondrous things you see ; You say the sun shines bright ; 1 feel him... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1857 - 696 pages
..., OI tell a poor blind boy? You talk of wond'rous things yon see, You say the sun shines bright; I feel him warm, but how can he Or make it day or night ?" To be fully sensible, then, of the value of sight, we must have been born blind, and after arriving... | |
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