| Susan Bogert Warner - 1866 - 306 pages
...Tears are often too much of a luxury," said my grandmother. " Do you remember Hood's lines ? — ' A little weeping "would ease my heart, — But in their briny bed The tears must stop ; for every drop Hinders needle and thread.' " " Who said that, grandmamma ?''... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 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! " XI. With fingers weary and worn, ' With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 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 I" 11. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blesse'd 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 I" XI. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 pages
...short hourl 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... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 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 !" 11. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 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... | |
| Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 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 her... | |
| John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! for but one short hour, 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... | |
| Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 pages
...blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! • A little weeping would ease my heart J But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" 11. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
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