Twas evening, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold, And we were wrapt and coated well, And yet we were a-cold. We met an old bare-headed man, His locks were few and white; I... Poems - Seite 81von Robert Southey - 1799 - 232 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Burdon - 1805 - 108 Seiten
...abroad with me, I faid, And I will anfwer thee. 'Twas evening, and the frozen ftreets Were cheerlefs to behold, And we were wrapt and coated well, And yet we were a-cold. We met an old bare-headed man, His locks were few and white, I afk'd him what he did abroad In that cold winter's night : 'T\vas... | |
| Charles Snart - 1808 - 496 Seiten
........ • ' •• 'v ' COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR. AND wherefore do the poor complain ? The rich man ask'd of me, Come walk abroad with me, I said, And I will answer thee. 'Twas ev'ning, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold, And we were wrapt and coated well, And yet... | |
| 1811 - 386 Seiten
...profession; Proves that the heart is none of his, Or soon expels him if it is. COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR. AND wherefore do the poor complain, The rich man asked...behold, And we were wrapt and coated well, And yet were very cold. We met an old bare-headed man, Hislocks wore few and white; I ask'd him what he did... | |
| 1824 - 604 Seiten
...rock, and only shield. COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR. AND wherefore do the poor complain? The rich man ask'd of me ; Come walk abroad with me, I said, And I will answer thee. * The Lightning. 'Twas ev'uing, and lh« frozen streets Were cheerless to behold, And we were wrapt... | |
| Robert Southey - 1823 - 258 Seiten
...hasten to old age ! THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR. AND wherefore do the Poor complain ? The rich man ask'd of me ; . . Come walk abroad with me, I said, And...And yet we were a-cold. We met an old bare-headed man, His locks were few and white; I ask'd him what he did abroad In that cold winter's night ; 'Twas... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 Seiten
...lia^* — . ll"-j. Too L-hort snail seem the summer day. SIB WALTER SCOTT. THE COMPLAINTS OP THE POOH. AND wherefore do the poor complain ? The rich man...well, And yet we were a-cold. We met an old bareheaded man, His locks were few and white ; I asked him what he did abroad In that cold winter's night. 'Twas... | |
| 1843 - 572 Seiten
...COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR. And wherefore do the poor complain ? The Rich Alan ask'd of me ; Come walk ahroad with me, I said, And I will answer thee. 'Twas evening, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to hehold, And we were wrapped and coated well, And yet we felt a-cold. We met an old hare-headed man,... | |
| James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 Seiten
...Complaints of the Poor. And wherefore do the poor complain ? The rich man ask'd of me,— Come, ivalk abroad with me, I said, And I will answer thee. 'Twas...behold ; And we were wrapt and coated well, And yet we both were cold. We met an old bare-headed man, His locks were few and white, I ask'd him what he did... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 Seiten
...! Mia Mitford. THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR. "AND wherefore do the Poor complain?" The rich man ask'd of me. — " Come, walk abroad with me," I said, "And I will answer thee." 'Twas ev'ning, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold ; And we were wrapp'd and coated well, And... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 Seiten
...of Southey's IVSCRIPTIONS, ^particularly those on Sidney and on Hampden. THE COMPLAINTS Or THE POOH. And wherefore do the poor complain ? The rich man...walk abroad with me, I said, And I will answer thee. Twa* evening, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold ; And we were wrapt and coated well,... | |
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