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! The advanced reader - Page 55by Scottish school-book assoc - 1863Full view - About this book
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 428 pages
...the weary hand ! « Work— work— work, In the dull December light ; And work— work — work ! The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their...breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet f With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet : For only one short hour To feel as I... | |
| Solon Robinson - 1854 - 428 pages
...Through many a day and many a night, ' As prisoners work for crime ;' until she sighed and sung : " l Oh, for only one short hour, To feel as I used to feel,...the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal.' " " And did Walter do nothing ?" What could he do ? He knew nothing — had never learned to do. anything;... | |
| Solon Robinson - 1854 - 436 pages
...Through many a day and many a night, 'As prisoners work for crime ;' mitil she sighed and sung : " ' Oh, for only one short hour, To feel as I used to feel,...the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal.' " " And did Walter do nothing ?" What could he do ? He knew nothing — had never iearned to do anything... | |
| 1854 - 380 pages
...disconsolately upon the roofs of the crowded city, her hands clasped, as she sings the following doleful lines : For only one short hour. To feel as I used to feel,...the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal. MY COUSIN WILLIAM. T WAS as sure as one human heart could be of ans*' other, that my cousin William... | |
| Solon Robinson - 1854 - 436 pages
...Through many a day and many a night, ' As prisoners work for crime ;' until she sighed and sung : " ' Oh, for only one short hour, To feel as I used to feel,...I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs A me»l.' " " And did Walter do nothing ?" What could he do 3 He knew nothing — had never learned to... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the caves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And... | |
| Edward Toliver - 1855 - 348 pages
...While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit her with the Spring. Oh, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above her head, And the grass beneath her feet; For only one short hour, To feel as she used to feel, Before... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...hright ! While underneath the eaves The hrooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny hacks, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
| Emily Pierpont De Lesdernier - 1856 - 344 pages
...and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. O, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Ruth still adhered to her plan of preparing her meals in her own room. She took very little time,... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...work, in the dull December light, And work — work — work, when the weather is warm and bright ; While underneath the eaves the brooding swallows cling,...breathe the breath of the cowslip and primrose sweet — Witli the sky above my head, and the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour to feel as... | |
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