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! Favorite Authors in Prose and Poetry - Page 177edited by - 1884Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With 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... | |
| 1861 - 676 pages
...me then- sunny backs And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of -the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! J Cowper feelingly notes how those who never pass their brick-wall bounds to range the fields and... | |
| George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pages
...backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sw With the sky above my head And the grass beneath my...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... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...Sdjroalben jwitfdjern, 208 -Dos Sieb bet ШЬепп. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And the...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! *) 0 hot for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, Bat only... | |
| 1847 - 800 pages
...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there. 0 ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head And...the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal!" work-house. Those who do such high sounding charities " have received their reward." The impoverished... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
..." Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my bead, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! " Ob but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, Bat only... | |
| 1844 - 858 pages
...to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet— With the sky above my head. And the gross (\ H~ b d A B K d @1ssOLQ ]\ X, ˗O0 / ~44...RᏛ m y Y 5 lM A J = 81C $ o K, XT L O d coste a meal I Oh but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No bkvesod leisure for Love or... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...erftarrt, fo nnc аиф bie mübt фапЬ. : У 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 honr To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! *)... | |
| 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... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And the...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 ;... | |
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