 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 pagina’s
...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, In the...underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to shew me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pagina’s
...sung the poetry of Hood — " Oh, men, with sisters dear ! Oh, men, with mothers and wives ! ***** Work — work — work, In the dull December light...the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring." Where the religious orders exist, such tenderness... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 428 pagina’s
...the weary hand ! « Work— work— work, In the dull December light ; And work— work — work ! The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their...breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet f With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet : For only one short hour To feel as I... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 pagina’s
...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,...work — work — work, When the weather is warm and brightWhile underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pagina’s
...and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, " Work — work — • work, In the dull December light,...weather is warm and bright — While underneath the caves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring.... | |
 | Mark Forrester - 1854 - 366 pagina’s
...want; Who stitch, stitch, stitch, in the dull December light, And stitch, stitch, stitch, when the day is warm and bright ; While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit them with the spring. God bless the little girls with their needles, and... | |
 | Mark Forrester - 1854 - 358 pagina’s
...stitch, in the dull December light, And stitch, stitch, stitch, when the day is warm and bright; 6 While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit them with the spring. God bless the little girls with their needles, and... | |
 | Edward Toliver - 1855 - 348 pagina’s
...quiet and uninterrupted by her little brothers and sisters, took off her bonnet, and began work. " Work, work, work, In the dull December light; And...the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit her with the Spring. Oh, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose... | |
 | Mark Forrester - 1855 - 358 pagina’s
...stitch, in the dull December light, And stitch, stitch, stitch, when the day is warm and bright; 6 While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit them with the spring. God bless the little girls with their needles, and... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pagina’s
...prisoners work for crime ! Band, and gusset, and seam — seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, as well as the weary...breathe the breath of the cowslip and primrose sweet — Witli the sky above my head, and the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour to feel as... | |
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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. 
