 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.  The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend - Page 481846Full view - About this book
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1854 - 280 pages
...— a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank, For sometimes falling there." " 0 ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for love and hope. But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
 | 1854 - 212 pages
...of poverty, deep shades of human misery, such as called forth the harrowing lines of Hood,— " 0 ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love and hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1854 - 270 pages
...— a broken chair— And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank, For sometimes falling there." " 0 ! hut for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for love and hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Mark Forrester - 1855 - 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... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pages
...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 dull December light,...their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! bat to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my bead, 1 Ani... | |
 | 1856 - 518 pages
...the sun is warm and bright ; "Tis ever a winter to me, And Nature gny, in her bridal army, But twits me with the spring. "Oh, but for one short hour, A respite, however brief, From these uttered nothings, that should fill The statesman's mind with grief ! A little more work,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. 8. "Work! work! work! In the dull December light, And...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. 9. " Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the ^cowslip and ^primrose sweet! With the sky above my head... | |
 | 1857 - 452 pages
...Seam and gusset and band, 'Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work — work ! In the dull December light,...work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — 1 60 THI SoNa OF THE SHIRT. While underneath the eaves, The brooding Swallows cling, As if to show... | |
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