 Thus groan the old, till, by disease opprest, They taste a final wo, and then they rest. Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel...  The works of George Crabbe - Page 11by George Crabbe - 1816Full view - About this book
 | 1783 - 594 pages
...fcarce bear the broken) door; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day; There children dwell, who know no parents' care ; [there ; Parents, who know no children* lov-, dwell Heart-broken matrons on their joylefi bed^i ForfaLen... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1785 - 652 pages
...fcarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums. doleful through the day) There children dwell who...children's love, dwell there; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, Forf?.ken wives and mothers never wed ; Dejefted widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | 1788 - 404 pages
...flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; There children dwell who know no parent's care, Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, Forfaken wives and mothers never wed ! Dejeflcd widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1790 - 308 pages
...fcarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; There children dwell who...love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, Forfaken wives, and mothers never wed; Dejefted widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1790 - 308 pages
...fcarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; There children dwell who...children's love, dwell there; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, Forfaken wives, and mothers never wed; Dejefted widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hunu doleful thro hea joylefsbed, Forfakea wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tear*, And crippled... | |
 | 1795 - 432 pages
...dull wheel hums doleful through .(bet day : .; -ii There children dwell who know no parents care»it t Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there...joyless bed, >< Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ;,; T .:,:•{. Dejected widows with unheeded.tears, ?-i. "fj Dejected widows with unheeded tears,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 632 pages
...fcarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day; There children dwell who...children's love dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, Forlaken wives and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | 1800 - 632 pages
...fcarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, .And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; ' There children dwell who...children's love dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, • Forfaken wives and mothers never wed ; Dejefted widows with.uoheeded tears. And crippled... | |
 | 1800 - 608 pages
...mudfcarce bear the broken door; ' There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, .And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; There children dwell who...children's love dwell there; Heart-broken matrons on their joylefs bed, Forfaken wives .ind mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
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