 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
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 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,...basement, She stood with amazement Houseless by night. • But not the dark arch Or the black flowing river: , Mad from life's history Glad to death's mystery... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 pages
...sounded the voices of some of the stern, immaculate ones of earth, in answer to her — the outcast. "Where the lamps quiver, So far In the river, With...basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night." To the blank misery of her aoul there flashed a moment'n wild, half-stupid wonderment, as she looks... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 pages
...Of Christian charity Under the snn ! Oh! it was pitiful I Near a whole city full, Home she had nono. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings had...providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far to the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood with amazement... | |
 | 1852 - 318 pages
...the vanity Of Christian charity Under the sun I Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Homo she had none ! Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly,...had changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from in eminence; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. If any man or woman can take up this poem, and... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...! 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,...Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch Of the black flowing river : Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd —... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 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,...From garret to basement, She stood with amazement THOMAS HOOD. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver • But not the dark arch Or the black... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1853 - 378 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,...Where the lamps quiver, So far in the river, With a many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1853 - 422 pages
...changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. With many a light From window and casement. From garret...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,... | |
 | 1854 - 502 pages
...solitude! What a crowd of painful associations are brought b«fore us in these few stanzas : — " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret mid basement, She stood with amazement— Homeless by night. "The bleak wind of March Made her tremble... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 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,...The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, Bat not the dark arch Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history Glad to death's mystery Swift... | |
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