 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
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - 1871 - 468 pages
...! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun I 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... | |
 | 1871 - 784 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, Homeless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 536 pages
...Of Christian charity Ujider the sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many...Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled, Anywhere, anywhere Out of the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1872 - 472 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,...Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her trqmble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river : Mad from life's history, Glad... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! O, it was pitiful 1 Near a whole city full, served necessit Hade her tremble and shiver : But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river ; Mad from life's history,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 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 Swift... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. 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... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 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,...evidence Thrown from its eminence ; Even God's providence Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1872 - 382 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, With many a light From window and casement, From garret... | |
 | Mrs. E. D. Wallace - 1872 - 336 pages
...gloomy than that famous Venetian bridge; there was 'the black flowing river,' and all around ' . . . . the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window to basement.' O unknown suicide! the poet saw you through a mist of tears; not friendless, brotherless,... | |
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