 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 - 1866 - 574 Seiten
...Till the heart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm...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 Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 Seiten
...sick, 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...brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny bucks And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 Seiten
...sick, and the brain benumb'd, 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,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 Seiten
...the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. vin. " 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. IX. " O ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 Seiten
...sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! 8. "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. 9. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet; With the sky above my head,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 Seiten
...and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! 8. " 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. 9. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; With the sky above my head,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 Seiten
...well as the weary hand. vm. " Work—work—work ! In the dull December light, And work—work—work, When the weather is warm and bright— While underneath...swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, IX. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet—- With the sky above my head... | |
 | Daniel Stevens Dickinson - 1867 - 756 Seiten
...destiny, and, like the woman in the " song of the shirt," " Work, work, work ! In the dull December light, And work, work, work! When the weather is warm and bright." With love to your mother, Melissa, and Charley, I remain Your affectionate uncle, DS DICKINSON. MR.... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 Seiten
...sick, and the brain benumb'd. 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,... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 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... | |
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