 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sider
...The brooding swallows cling. 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...the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet 1 For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that... | |
 | 1861 - 676 sider
...freshness, fragrance, and verdure, was infinitely worw,"f &c. But what is this to the mortal desperation of Work — work— -work When the weather is warm and...eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me then- sunny backs And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of -the cowslip and primrose... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 sider
...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and hand, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. " Work— work— work...to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sw With the sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used... | |
 | 1844 - 858 sider
...Hand, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, M eʍ H | ^A c ¿! [5* U hT 2 N Xy*K 2 ... 2jHɥ u :^ ]X :V R fU Q[ kB * { - XwQ YhF I +> gross beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 sider
...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work,...cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my bead, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel,' Before I knew... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 sider
...Band, and gusset, end seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heard is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand **). Work! work! work! In...me their .sunny backs And twit me with the spring '**). *) ©cb,affe! Waffe! fcíjuffe! 50tcme7írbett §6rt nimmer auf; unb пае ifl if)t Coijn? (Sin... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 sider
...heard is sick, and the brain beoumb'd, As well as the weary hand "). Work! work! work! In the dnll December light, And work! work! work! When the weather...show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring "*).. ') <3cb,affe! fdjaffe! fdjaffe! SOîeme Arbeit 6.6rt nimmer auf ; unb rcaê ift ¡fir Ссфп?... | |
 | 1844 - 878 sider
...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is bick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work— work !...the weather is warm and bright — While underneath tho caves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show UK; their sunny bocks, And twit me with the spring.... | |
 | 1846 - 302 sider
...gusset, and seam, — Seam, and gusset, and band, — Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. " Work— work — work!...With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my fret, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk... | |
 | 1846 - 332 sider
...room. The dress-maker's voice was sorrowful, — Oh, how sorrowful ! It reminded me of Hood's lines : ' Work — work — work, In the dull December light...sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. ' Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for... | |
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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. 
