Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. Sunshine in the workhouse - Page 55by Emma Sheppard - 1809 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...: Love by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence: Even God's providence Seeming estranged. 9 When the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a...basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. 10 The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing... | |
| 1866 - 450 pages
...Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh 1 it was pitiful 1 Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. 1866.] The Kaleidoscope. 193 The bleak winds of March Ere her limbs frigidly Made her tremble and shiver;... | |
| Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 204 pages
...Oh! it was pitiful! Near a whole city full, Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings were changed; Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its...lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light Houseless by night. From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, The... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1866 - 332 pages
...! for the rarity Of Christian charityj Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...evidence, Thrown from its eminence ; Even God's providence Seemed estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. 8. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings had...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. 9. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, i Im port' u nate, ovoi^pressing in * Cere' ment, cloth... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 412 pages
...! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. (*.. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Peelings had changed: Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from...eminence; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. 10. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1867 - 360 pages
...sister ? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings had...The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver j But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river : Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1867 - 416 pages
...Christian charity Under the sun I Oh ! it was pitiful 1 Near a whole city full, Home she had none. t*. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. 10. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret... | |
| John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful Near a whole city full Home she had none ! Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...stood with amazement Houseless by night. The bleak winds of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river. Mad... | |
| Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...! Near a whole city full, Home she had nouc. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings were changed ; Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its...stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak winds of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad... | |
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