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
| John Blackmore - 1860 - 354 pages
...had endured much misery; one wrong step had caused all her friends to turn their backs upon her, — "Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings...eminence; Even God's providence Seeming estranged." But not " seeming estranged" then. Oh, no ; for while singing the praises of God throughout eternity,... | |
| William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 pages
...brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings had changed ; Lore by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence ; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where the lamps...far in the river, With many a light From window and easement, From garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night. " The bleak wind of... | |
| Ellen Barlee - 1860 - 262 pages
...— "serving well, and loving much, because they have had so much forgiven." CHAPTER IX. Strtoints. ' The bleak wind of March Made her 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 hurl'd — Anywhere... | |
| John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...Alas, for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. 59 The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...Of Christian charity Under the sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city fall, Home she had none. .Feelings had changed.: Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown...providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps quiver ISo far in the river. With many a light From window and casement. From garret to basement, She stood... | |
| Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan Minister.) - 1863 - 368 pages
...Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! 0 ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none ! " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...From window and casement, From garret to basement, Houseless by night ! " The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch,... | |
| 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... | |
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