 Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none.  Poems - Page 42by Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...and a nearer one Yet, than all other 1 Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Feelings had changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming... | |
 | 1855 - 1428 pages
...lines from " The Female Vignuif in •iod, when writing the following, in " The Bridge of Sighs" — "Oh! it was pitiful Near a whole city full. Home she had none." And how that spirit of poesy enters into the soul of the Poet of Labor : it becomes the object of his... | |
 | 1855 - 1416 pages
...from " The Female Vagraut" in mind, when writing the following, in " The Bridge of Sighs"— " Oh I it was pitiful Near a whole city full, Home she had none." 4 And how that spirit of poesy enters into the soul of the Poet of Labor : it becomes the object of... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...almost beyond endurance. What a fearful end : — Alas ! for the vanity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. If any man or woman can take up thia poem, and not rise from its perusal with wider sympathies for... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 pages
...fate of one of them, for it is the etory of the class : "Alaafor the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full,...; Love, by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence ; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 308 pages
...etoryof the class: " Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the ann \ Oh, it was pitiful f » Near a whole city full, Home she had none. "Sisterly,...Love, by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a... | |
 | Alice Fay - 1857 - 370 pages
...trembling hand, present it now to you. A. V. CHAPTER I. Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun. Oh, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full Home she had none. HOOD. THE day was drawing to a close. A quiet calm had succeeded the busy day-tramp, broken only by... | |
 | 1857 - 986 pages
...from "The Female Vagrant" in mind, when writing the following, in " The Bridge of Sighs" — " Oh I it was pitiful Near a whole city full, Home she had none." 4 And how that spirit of poesy enters into the eoul of the Poet of Labor : it becomes the object of... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 pages
...fate of one of them, for it is the story of the class: "Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun! Oh, it was pitiful! Near a whole city full,...Love, by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a... | |
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