 Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal!  London Society - Seite 246herausgegeben von - 1871Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 Seiten
...and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! " Work — work — work I In the dull December light ; And work — work — work ! When the weather...swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet; With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 Seiten
...weary hand. " Work — work — work, In the dull December light, And work — work — work, AYhen the weather is warm and bright — While underneath...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head,... | |
 | 1860 - 568 Seiten
...Workman, No. 6C. "I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, That it may seem their guilt." — Macbeth. " While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring." " The Song of the Shirt." To which, perhaps, might be added the first six lines of Coleridge's " Sonnet... | |
 | 1860 - 582 Seiten
...Workman, No. C6. "I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, That it may seem their guilt." — Macbeth. "While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring." " The Song of the Shirt." To which, perhaps, might be added the first six lines of Coleridge's " Sonnet... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 Seiten
...and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! " Work — work — work ! In the dull December light ; And work — work — work ! When the weather...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O, but to breathe the breath With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet 1 For only... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 Seiten
...Seam, and gusset, and ^and, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed,As well as th& weary hand, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 520 Seiten
...work, In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and brighc — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 Seiten
...work, In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and brightWhile underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As...me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head,... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 Seiten
...When the weather is warm and bright ! While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, 17-2 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 sweet, With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 Seiten
...and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work ! In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head And... | |
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