 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 538 pages
...parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; — There children dwell, who know no parent's care — Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there I Dejected widows with unheeded... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...; 230 There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through tho day ; — There children dwell who know no parents'...with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears ; The lame, the blind, and — far the happiest they ! — The moping idiot, and tho... | |
 | New Jersey. Bureau of Industrial Statistics - 1883 - 504 pages
...play. And the dull wheel hums doleful throughout the day; There children dwell, who know no parent's care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell...with unheeded tears, And crippled age, with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they ; The moping idiot, and the mad-man... | |
 | Walter Harriman - 1883 - 374 pages
...know no parent's care • Parents who know no children's love dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons in their joyless bed ; Forsaken wives, and mothers never...unheeded tears ; And crippled age, with more than childhood's fears ; The lame, the blind, and — far the happiest they — The moping idiot, and the... | |
 | Crabbe - 1967 - 492 pages
...Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, 230 And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day; —...with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears ; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they ! The moping idiot and the madman... | |
 | William Edward Tate - 1969 - 408 pages
...poor — Where walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, nagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the...with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears ; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they ! The moping idiot and the madman... | |
 | Raymond Williams - 1975 - 356 pages
...concentrated and then more directly controlled. As Crabhe later described one of these mixed workhouses: There Children dwell who know no parents' care: Parents,...with unheeded tears, And crippled Age with more than childhood's fears; The Lame, the Blind, and, far the happiest they! The moping Idiot and the Madman... | |
 | James G. Hepburn - 2000 - 302 pages
...Central Librarian, Derby, for providing essential information on Townley.) 3 Workhouses INTRODUCTION There children dwell, who know no parents' care, Parents,...with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they! The moping idiot and the madman gay.... | |
 | Elof Axel Carlson - 2001 - 476 pages
...in the late 1 8th century was depicted by poet George Crabbe ( 1 754- 1 832 ) in The Village (1783): There children dwell who know no parents' care, Parents,...with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears. The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they! The moping idiot, and the madman... | |
 | Susannah R. Ottaway - 2004 - 340 pages
...parish poor. Whose walls of mud scarce hear the broken door: There, where the putrid vapours, flagging. play. And the dull wheel hums doleful through the...care: Parents, who know no children's love, dwell therel Heartbroken matrons on their joyless hed. Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed: Deserted widows... | |
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Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there! Heart-broken... 
