 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
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 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 ! " Oh ! but for one short hour — A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 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 ! ' Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 Seiten
...eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny bucks And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meall " Oh, but for one short hour ! A "respite however brief I No blessed leisure for Love or Hope,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 Seiten
...eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. 9. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! 10. " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 758 Seiten
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. 9. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the +cowslip and...the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal; 10. " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A "'"respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 Seiten
...eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. 9. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! 10. " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 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...For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, i Before I knew the woes of want " OhJ but for one short hourl A respite however brief! No blessed... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 Seiten
...bright— While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, IX. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...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... | |
 | 1867 - 514 Seiten
...primrose, and the violet-bud, — They are the dearest flowers to me.|| Hood's sempstress utters her " Oh but to breathe the breath of the cowslip and primrose...the sky above my head, and the grass beneath my feet !''! And in some miscellaneous stanzas of his we read how he pluek'd the Primrose at night's dewy noon... | |
 | william harrison - 1867 - 518 Seiten
...primrose, and the violet-bud,— They are the dearest flowers to me.|| Hood's sempstress utters her " Oh but to breathe the breath of the cowslip and primrose...the sky above my head, and the grass beneath my feet !'4i And in some miscellaneous stanzas of his we read how he Like Hope, it show'd its blossoms in the... | |
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