 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.  Poems - Page 47by Thomas Hood - 1857 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1860 - 582 pages
...No. C6. "I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, That it may seem their guilt." — Macbeth. "While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring." " The Song of the Shirt." To which, perhaps, might be added the first six lines of Coleridge's " Sonnet... | |
 | 1860 - 568 pages
...6C. "I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, That it may seem their guilt." — Macbeth. " While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring." " The Song of the Shirt." To which, perhaps, might be added the first six lines of Coleridge's " Sonnet... | |
 | Ellen Barlee - 1860 - 262 pages
...devised for this malady, which appears now to have reached its fever point ? CHAPTER VII. lalf ag " Oh, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above her head, And the grass beneath her feet ! For only one short hour To feel as she used to feel, Before... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...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, " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet; With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | 1863 - 568 pages
...for one hour a day, if possible ; into the green of a park, since no one hour would enable her " — to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above her head, And the grass beneath her feet." done it better, and that with less dealing of death to her... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...the dull December light ; And work — work — work ! When the weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O, but to breathe the breath With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet 1 For only... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...benumbed,As well as th& weary hand, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...When the weather is warm and bright ! While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, 17-2 As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. " O ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...my head And the grass beneath my feet, For only one sweet hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal... | |
 | 1862 - 562 pages
...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,...me with the Spring. " Oh, but to breathe the breath And the grass beneath my feet. For only one short hour Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the... | |
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