 | sam walter foss - 1895 - 300 pages
...sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and steep, And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do. And from that day, o'er hill and glade, Through those old woods a path was made. III. And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about, And uttered words of righteous... | |
 | 1897 - 510 pages
...sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and steep, And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do. And from that day. o'er hill and glade,...Because 'twas such a crooked path; But still they followed—do not laugh— The first migration of that calf, And through this winding woodway stalked... | |
 | 1899 - 828 pages
...sheep is looking for a passage and sees the calf path and takes it, and the other sheep follow on — "And many men wound in and out And dodged and turned...not laugh — The first migrations of that calf." After a time the forest path becomes a lane, the lane becomes a road, the road becomes a village street,... | |
 | 1901 - 712 pages
...sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and steep, And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do. And from that day, o'er hill and glade, Through those old woods a path was made. m. And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about, And uttered words of righteous... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 pages
...trail o'er vale and steep, And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do. And irom that day, o'er hill and glade, Through those old woods a path was made. III. And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about, And uttered words of righteous... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Nathan Haskell Dole, Julian Hawthorne - 1901 - 432 pages
...trail o'er vale and steep, And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do. And trcm that day, o'er hill and glade, Through those old woods a path was made. III. And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about, And uttered words of righteous... | |
 | 1903 - 496 pages
...sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and steep, And drew a flock behind him, too. As good bell-wethers always do. And from that day, o'er hill and glade,...righteous wrath, Because 'twas such a crooked path. And still they followed — do not laugh — The first migration of that calf. And through this winding... | |
 | 1899 - 670 pages
...crooked trail, as all calves do. Since then three hundred years have fled, And I infer the calf is dead. And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned...do not laugh — The first migrations of that calf. They followed still his crooked way, And lost a hundred years a day; For thus such reverence is lent... | |
 | 1905 - 648 pages
...And I infer, the calf is dead. But still he left behind his trail, And thereby hangs my moral tale. From that day o'er hill and glade Through those old...Because 'twas such a crooked path. But still they followed—do not laugh— The first migrations of that calf; And through this winding wood-way stalked,... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - 1905 - 1534 pages
...sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and sleep. And drew the Hocks lichind him. too, As good bell-wethers always do. And from that day o'er hill and glade. Through those old woods a pa Hi was made. "And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about. And uttered words... | |
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And thereby hangs my moral tale. The trail was taken up next day By a lone dog that passed that way; And then a wise bell-wether sheep Pursued the trail o'er vale and steep, And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do. And from... 
