 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...of want And the walk that costs a meal ! " O! but for one short hour — A respite however brief I No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A 1 ittle weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders... | |
 | 1861 - 676 Seiten
...breath Of -the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel,...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! J Cowper feelingly notes how those who never pass their brick-wall bounds to range the fields and... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 Seiten
...the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sw With the sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel,...tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and tbread ! With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | 1844 - 878 Seiten
...Witli the sky nbttvo my head, And the grass beneath my feet : For only one short hour To feel ax 1 used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And...respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or TTope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed My tears... | |
 | 1847 - 800 Seiten
...breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour, To feel as I used to feel,...the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal!" work-house. Those who do such high sounding charities " have received their reward." The impoverished... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 Seiten
...breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my bead, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel,'...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! " Ob but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, Bat only... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 Seiten
...breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel,...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! *) 0 hot for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, Bat only... | |
 | 1844 - 858 Seiten
...breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet— With the sky above my head. And the gross beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that coste a meal I Oh but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No bkvesod leisure for Love or... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 Seiten
...primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short honr To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! *) 0 bat for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, Bnt only... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 Seiten
...breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet : For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel,...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
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Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ! With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet! For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal! 
