 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
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! 0, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, p of the porch, to the top of. the wall ! Now dash...dash away all ! " As dry leaves that before the wild quirer So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - 1873 - 818 pages
...desolation. She now approaches the parapet, and pauses, in a vain endeavour to collect her thoughts : Where the lamps quiver, So far in the river, With...window and casement, From garret to basement, She stands in amazement, Houseless by night. She mounts the parapet. Is there no charitable hand, even... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pages
...Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city fall, 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, 141 With many a light From window and casement, From... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 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,...eminence. Even God's Providence Seeming estranged. AVhen the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From many a casement, From garret to... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1874 - 166 pages
...Who excelled all his friends in amusements athletic And whose manner of living was far from ascetic. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river With many a light From window and casement 1'Yom garret to basement Khe stood with amazement Houseless by night. EXERCISE LXVI. Point tlie following... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1869 - 298 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. Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran,... | |
 | 1876 - 300 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,...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... | |
 | 1876 - 734 pages
...pitiful! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings were changed ; Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its...estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With manv a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - 1876 - 392 pages
...the black-flowing river " * beneath, eager to escape " Anywhere, anywhere, Out of the world ! " * " 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 hurled Anywhere,... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 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,... | |
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