 | 1861
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 | Thomas Hood - 1861
...meal! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their...must stop,- for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 466 pages
...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...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 552 pages
...A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A li ttle weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread I " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | William Hawkins - 1870
...however brief; No Messed leisure for Love or Hope, Bat onlj time for Grief! A little weeping would case my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Binders needle and thread." A great sorrow often causes tears, but it is that sorrow, if sanctified,... | |
 | English poets - 1862
...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...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread." With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1862
...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...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat hi unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862
...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...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | 1863
...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...must stop, for every drop hinders needle and thread — With fingers weary and worn, with eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, plying... | |
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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! 
