 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 sider
...sweet ; With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet: For only one short hour To feel I\HI used to feel, Before 1 knew the woes of want, And...grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart — But iu their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!" With fingers weary... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sider
...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!...leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for grief! A.little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny head My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1853 - 422 sider
...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...leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief I A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop... | |
 | 1853 - 442 sider
...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...respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love and Hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 sider
...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...respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love and Hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1853 - 204 sider
...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. ******* Oh I men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 sider
...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! T. Hood. 668 WAR. WAR. LASTLY, stood War, in glittering arms yclad, With visage grim, stem look, and... | |
 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 sider
...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....respite, however brief, No blessed leisure for love nor hope, But only time for grief. A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed, My... | |
 | 1854 - 212 sider
...of poverty, deep shades of human misery, such as called forth the harrowing lines of Hood,— " 0 ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love and hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1854 - 280 sider
...— a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank, For sometimes falling there." " 0 ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for love and hope. But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
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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! 
