 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
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 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,...tremble and shiver ; but not the dark arch, or the black-flowing river : mad from life's history, glad to death's mystery ; swift to be hurled any where,... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...! for the vanity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none ! Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. If any man or woman can take up thia poem, and not rise from its perusal with wider sympathies for... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 358 pages
...seem to be alike extinct, but to us how unspeakably dear !) might perpetuate the name of Hood: — "The bleak wind of March. Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Nor the black flowing river; Mad from life's history — Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurl'd,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 308 pages
...brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings had changed; Love, by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where the lamps...bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But iiot the dark arch, 0 the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, . Glad to death's mystery Swift... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 pages
..."Alaafor the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. "Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...; Love, by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence ; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 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,...Love, by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 388 pages
...providenee Seeming estranged. AYbcre the lamps quiver So far in the river, From window and easement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of Mareh Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark areh, Or the blaek flowing river : With many a... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Peelings had changed. Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from...river, With many a light From window and casement She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ;... | |
 | 1859 - 528 pages
...! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole eity full. Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...Even God's providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamp* quiver So far in the river, With many a ligb* From window and «asement, From garret to basement,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...I 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 nor the dark arch, Or the black flowing river; Mad... | |
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