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. Poems - Page 47by Thomas Hood - 1857 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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... | |
| Literature - 1861 - 676 pages
...this to the mortal desperation of Work — work— -work When the weather is warm and bright, While underneath the 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 pages
...In the dull December light, And work— work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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 pages
...the dull December light ! And work — work — work ! When the weather is warm and bright—« While & P - X k , z ؍ +;, r ű C6+ & % ژ<\ ...= č 7 | e N $ [5 i @ H/ k NY 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 pages
...the dull December light, And work — work — work — When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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 - Great Britain - 1844 - 316 pages
...©aum, biè baé £ег& etfranítunb baí ®e^írn erftarrt, fo nnc аиф bie mübt фапЬ. : У Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short honr To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! *)... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
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| 1844 - 878 pages
...the spring. Oh but to breathe tho breath Of tho cowslip and primrose sweet — Witli the sky nbttvo my head, And the grass beneath my feet : For only one short hour To feel ax 1 used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! Oh but for one... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright^ While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I need to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh but for one short... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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... | |
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