 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...work ! In the dull December light ; And work — work — work ! When the weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O, but to breathe the breath With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet 1 For only... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...benumbed,As well as th& weary hand, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...When the weather is warm and bright ! While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, 17-2 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 sweet, With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...work ! In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1862 - 522 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " 0 ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " 0 ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
 | Education - 1862 - 562 pages
...work! work! In the dull December light, And work ! work ! work ! When the weather is warm and bright! While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me with 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... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1871 - 822 pages
...work, In the dull Deeember light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring, 0, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head. And... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...I work ! In the dull December light; And work ! work ! work ! When the weather is warm and blight! While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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,... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - Temperance - 1863 - 250 pages
...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,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...work ! In the dull December light ; And work — work — work ! When the weather is warm and bright; While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. 9. " O, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And... | |
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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! 
