 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!  Notes and Queries - Seite 2861860Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1861 - 676 Seiten
...what is this to the mortal desperation of Work — work— -work When the weather is warm and bright, While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me then- sunny backs And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of -the cowslip and primrose... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 Seiten
...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. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sw With the sky above my head And the... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 Seiten
...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. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my bead,... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 Seiten
...Work! 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 their .sunny backs And twit me with the spring '**). *) ©cb,affe! Waffe! fcíjuffe! 50tcme7írbett §6rt nimmer auf; unb пае ifl if)t Coijn? (Sin... | |
 | 1844 - 858 Seiten
...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. Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet— With the sky above my head. And the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 Seiten
...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. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 Seiten
...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. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...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. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And... | |
 | 1846 - 308 Seiten
...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. «' Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head,... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 Seiten
...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. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head,... | |
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