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
| 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... | |
| William Morley Punshon - 1868 - 98 pages
...obscurity ; or perhaps you follow her fugitive steps, stealthy as a guilty thing's — as she speeds "Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light, From garret to basement, From window and easement, And stands with amazement, Houseless by night." Oh, is... | |
| William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 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,...providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps quiver, Far down in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, — Houseless... | |
| 1869 - 444 pages
...! 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,...God's providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps qniver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home had she none ! Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings...eminence, Even God's providence Seeming estranged. When the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From many a casement, From garret to basement,... | |
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