 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!  New York Illustrated Magazine Annual - Seite 4101847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1862 - 562 Seiten
...the Spring. " Oh, but to breathe the breath And the grass beneath my feet. For only one short hour Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal!" It may... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 Seiten
...eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " 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 hoar ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 Seiten
...eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal 1 Oh ! but for one short hour—• A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 Seiten
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. 9. " O, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal 1 10. " O, but for one short hour ! A respite4, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope,... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - 1863 - 250 Seiten
...suffering in its every form :— " ' O, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose twcct, AVith the sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet...hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woeb of a want, And the walk that costs a meal. " ' 0, but for one short hour, A respite, however brief,... | |
 | 1863 - 150 Seiten
...sunny backs, and twit me with the Spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath of the primrose and cowslip sweet — With the sky above my head, and the grass beneath my feet, If only for one short hour to feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, and the walk... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 Seiten
...eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me wife the Spring. 9. "Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; Wife the sky above my head, And the grass beneafe my feet : For only one short hour To feel as I... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 490 Seiten
...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...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " O ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1864 - 186 Seiten
...seen of the city, the more I have longed to be roaming in the country with my hazel stick. " I longed to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet." Grasping my hazel in my hand, I have visited the British Museum, with its almost endless curiosities,... | |
 | 1865 - 410 Seiten
...breath Of the birds'-eye and honey-dew, Or to change the mild routine That I underwent with the crew. For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew that monotonous fare, That unchanging, incessant meal. " Oh ! for one minute more, To get my stretcher... | |
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