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! Bentley's Miscellany - Halaman 1631861Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 halaman
...bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
| Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 halaman
...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. '• Oh...breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With tile sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet, For only one sweet hour To feel as I used to... | |
| Ellen Barlee - 1860 - 264 halaman
...devised for this malady, which appears now to have reached its fever point ? CHAPTER VII. lalf ag " Oh, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above her head, And the grass beneath her feet ! For only one short hour To feel as she used to feel, Before... | |
| 1863 - 568 halaman
...for one hour a day, if possible ; into the green of a park, since no one hour would enable her " — to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above her head, And the grass beneath her feet." done it better, and that with less dealing of death to her... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 halaman
...weather is warm and brightWhile underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, A little... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 halaman
...cling, As if to show 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 one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 622 halaman
...floorA table — a broken chair ; And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1862 - 522 halaman
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " 0 ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " 0 ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
| George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 halaman
...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. Oh ! but...my head And the grass beneath my feet, For only one sweet hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1871 - 822 halaman
...eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring, 0, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet !" Other workers beside the poor seamstress can, in their degree, and do, share in this feeling. And... | |
| |