 | 1853 - 102 pages
...the weather is warm and bright— While u' i!f ine;ttti the eaves The brood iig swaltows cling, As il to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring, " Oh! but to breathe the breath Ot the cowslip ami primrose sweet— With the sky above try head. And the gra:-s beneath my leet, For... | |
 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 pages
...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. Work, work, work, In the...underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to shew me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...sung the poetry of Hood — " Oh, men, with sisters dear ! Oh, men, with mothers and wives ! ***** Work — work — work, In the dull December light...the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring." Where the religious orders exist, such tenderness... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 428 pages
...the weary hand ! « Work— work— work, In the dull December light ; And work— work — work ! The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their...breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet f With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet : For only one short hour To feel as I... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 pages
...and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb' d, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work,...work — work — work, When the weather is warm and brightWhile underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, " Work — work — • work, In the dull December light,...weather is warm and bright — While underneath the caves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring.... | |
 | Mark Forrester - 1854 - 366 pages
...want; Who stitch, stitch, stitch, in the dull December light, And stitch, stitch, stitch, when the day is warm and bright ; While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit them with the spring. God bless the little girls with their needles, and... | |
 | Mark Forrester - 1854 - 358 pages
...stitch, in the dull December light, And stitch, stitch, stitch, when the day is warm and bright; 6 While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit them with the spring. God bless the little girls with their needles, and... | |
 | 1885 - 868 pages
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 | Edward Toliver - 1855 - 348 pages
...quiet and uninterrupted by her little brothers and sisters, took off her bonnet, and began work. " Work, work, work, In the dull December light; And...the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit her with the Spring. Oh, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose... | |
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Work — work — work ! In the dull December light; And work — work — work! When the weather is warm and bright; While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. 
