 | 1846 - 302 pages
...weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring....With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my fret, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk... | |
 | 1846 - 332 pages
...weather is warm and bright ; • While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. ' Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...and beautiful, now worn with care and sorrow, without being reminded of the Poet's touching song : " Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal !" Survey well the apartment of Eva Masterton, for each article, there speaks of her patient suffering,... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring....as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, Oh but for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 pages
...Work—work—work, In the dull December light ; And work—work—work ! The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring....breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet j With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet: For only one short hour To feel as I used... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1858 - 580 pages
...table— a broken chair — And a wall so blank, her shadow she thankf For sometimes falling there. 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 - 1851 - 362 pages
...weather is warm and bright ! While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring....as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, Aiid the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blessed... | |
 | 1843 - 424 pages
...weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring....Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primroBe sweet — With the sky above my bead, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show mo their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet: For only one short hour To feel as I used... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but lo breathe the breath Of the cowslip and prin*ose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And the grass... | |
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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. 
