 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...  Nora: the lost and redeemed - Page 127by Lydia Folger Fowler - 1863 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...hour To feel as I used to feel,' Before I 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 time for Grief 1 A little weeping would ease my heart, Bat in their briny bed My tears must... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...To feel as I used to feel, Before I 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 time for Grief! A little weeping wonld ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must... | |
 | 1844 - 878 pages
...hour To feel ax 1 used to feel, Before I 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 TTope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed My tears... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I 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 and Hope, But only time for Grief; A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
 | 1848 - 592 pages
...In poverty, hunger, and dirt; Sewing at once with a double thread A shroud as well as a shirt. " ' 0 but for one short hour, A respite, however brief,...only time for grief. A little weeping would ease my breast, Rut in their briny bed My tears must stop, lor every drop Hinders needle and thread.' " Never,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...the dull December light, And work, work, work ! When the weather is warm and bright. * * * * o2 Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief...leisure for love or hope. But only time for grief ! Oh God ! that bread should be so dear. And flesh and blood so cheap !' The defence of a day of rest... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief!...only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heartBut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" With fingers... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1858 - 580 pages
...feel. Before she knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal) Oh ! but for one short hourl A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for Love...But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease her heart, But in their briny bed The tears mutt slop, for erery drop Hinders needle and thread 1 *'... | |
 | 1843 - 424 pages
...hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I 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 Hopo, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears... | |
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