 | Thomas Hood - 1897 - 682 pages
...blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But iu their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop...fingers weary and worn, ^ With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty,... | |
 | 1899 - 408 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch! stich! stitch! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 460 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | 1899 - 434 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread; Stitch! stich! stitch! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 546 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty,... | |
 | C. van Tiel, M. G. van Neck - 1900 - 472 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, ' A woman sat, in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 414 pages
...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...fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...for love or hope, live. FIRESIDE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF POETRY. A little weeping would ease my heart, Hut they 'mind you of their angels in high places, With...they say, " how long, O cruel nation, Will you stan A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty,... | |
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