 Oh, but for one short hour! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart; But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!  Reisen in England und Wales - Page 226by Johann Georg Kohl - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny bed My tears...needle and thread !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch—... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope ; But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny bed My tears...needle and thread !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch—... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 pages
...however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! 398 Hood's Poems. [June. " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in... | |
 | 1846 - 332 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Would hinder the needle and thread.' Monday Morning. On Sunday, nobody stirred in the house till very... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart; But in their briny bed My tears must...needle and thread! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heartBut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop...needle and thread !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch —... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must...needle and thread !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ! Stitch !... | |
 | 1843 - 424 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hopo, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must...Hinders needle and thread." With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle aud thread — Stitch... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny bed My tears...Hinders needle and thread!" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch —... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must...Hinders needle and thread." With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A Woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch... | |
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