“Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone, How falls the polished hammer! Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown A quick and merry clamor. Now shape the sole! now deftly curl The glassy vamp around it, And bless the while the bright-eyed girl Whose gentle fingers bound it!” WellsFallGirlSoundShapesStonesFingersBoundsRapGentleBlessSoleWornHammersMerryPolishedCurlsClamorVamp Book:Songs of Labor and Reform From Volume III., the Works of Whittier: Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform Source: Songs of Labor and Reform From Volume III., the Works of Whittier: Anti-Slavery Poems and Songs of Labor and Reform
“I once loved a girl, her skin it was bronze With the innocence of a lamb, she was gentle like a fawn I courted her proudly but now she is gone Gone as the season she's taken” GirlGoneTakenSkinsSeasonsInnocenceGentleLambsBronzeFawns Author:Bob Dylan
“Precious Saviour! come in spirit, and lay Thy strong, gentle grasp of love on our dear boys and girls, and keep these our lambs from the fangs of the wolf.” ChildrenSpiritGirlStrongBoysLaysDearGentleSaviourLambsFangsBoy And Girl Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“Many young girls are ... becoming trained nurses, whose gentle ministrations in the sick-room, skilled touch, patient watchfulness and unwearied vigils, are as great factors in the care of the sick, as are the professional physicians.” CareYoungGirlRoomsBecomingSickPatientFactorsGentleNursePhysiciansWatchfulness Author:Lydia Hoyt Farmer