 Thus groan the old, till by disease oppress'd, They taste a final woe, 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...  Annual Register of World Events - Seite 1841800Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 Seiten
...woe, 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,...love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | John Barrow - 1835 - 376 Seiten
...the inhabitants of Reikiavik, whose good conduct rendered such a place unnecessary— a place " Where children dwell, who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there." Like all sea-port towns, however, Reikiavik is not free from the vice of drunkenness, which is by no... | |
 | John Barrow - 1835 - 370 Seiten
...inhabitants of Reikiavik, whose good conduct rendered such a place unnecessary — a place " Where children dwell, who know no parents' care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there." Like all sea-port towns, however, Reikiavik is not free from the vice of drunkenness, which is by no... | |
 | Leonard Withington - 1836 - 532 Seiten
...Crabbe has described its interior and local condition exactly. It stood, there " Where the putrid vapors 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 joyless... | |
 | Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 Seiten
...enumerated the different classes in a workhouse as follows;— " There children dwell who know no parent's care; Parents who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | 1838 - 728 Seiten
...are now animadverting. The inmates of a workhouse are for the most part these and such as these — ' There children dwell, who know no parents' care ; Parents who know no children's love are there. Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed. Dejected... | |
 | 1838 - 574 Seiten
...are now animadverting. The inmates of a workhouse are for the most part these and such as these — ' There children dwell, who know no parents' care ; Parents who know no children's love are there. Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed. Dejected... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 Seiten
...woe, 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,...love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
 | 1842 - 414 Seiten
...holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapors flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through...dwell who know no parents' care, Parents, who know no childrens' love, dwell there, Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives and mothers... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...Apothecary.} [From ' The Tillage.1] Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce ~X~Gp ). joyless bed, Forsaken wives and mothers never wed, Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
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