I am passing sometimes pines and oaks, which ten men could not girdle, I am treading pebbles barefoot in swift-running water -- Its ripples purify my ear, while a soft wind blows my garments.
And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be Golden in the mercy of his means, And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold, And the sabbath rang slowly In the pebbles of the holy streams.
Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.
Buried under the sand or pebbles can be sharp rocks, broken glass, pieces of broken shell or other hard items that can cut your feet or ankles.
Pearl-fishers dive for pearls, Merchants sail in their ships, While children gather pebbles And scatter them again.
" Without taking a rest, the brave little bird kept carrying twigs and pebbles from the mountain to the East China Sea.
For my toddler, it's nothing less than a parade of flowers, fire trucks, pebbles, and friendly folk.
The tailor felt in his pockets, and reached him a handful, they were, however, not nuts, but pebbles.
The moon shone brightly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies.
These presents flew like pebbles across the sea-water.
The boy had many sources of pleasure and enjoyment; the coast for miles and miles was full of playthings, for it was a mosaic of pebbles, some red as coral or yellow as amber, and others again white and rounded like birds' eggs and smoothed and prepared by the sea.
Merrily rippled the clear brooks and rivulets between the green, velvety rushes, and over the many-colored pebbles beneath.
" The older brother Hansel marked his way by dropping white pebbles, without letting his stepmother know.
She noticed how the countless pebbles on the sea-shore had been smoothed and rounded by the action of the water.
