 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!  The New Mirror - Page 332edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
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...the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work In (he dull December night, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm...Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primroBe sweet — With the sky above my bead, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour... | |
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...weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show mo their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet: For only one short hour To feel as I used... | |
 | Baptists - 1852 - 1080 pages
...Work—work—-work, In the dull December light, J3 ' And work—-work—workWhen the weather is warm and brightWhile underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work,...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... | |
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...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain bcnun jed, As well as the weary hand. "Work— work— work!...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... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — 159 While underneath the eaves, The brooding Swallows...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the caves, The brooding Swallows cling, As if to show me their...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...light; And work — work — work ! When the weather is warm and bright : While underneath the caves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their...spring. "Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip anil primrose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet: For only one short... | |
 | Industries - 1853 - 102 pages
...the weather is warm and bright— While u' i!f ine;ttti the eaves The brood iig swaltows cling, As il to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring, " Oh! but to breathe the breath Ot the cowslip ami primrose sweet— With the sky above try head. And the gra:-s beneath my leet, For... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Cities and towns - 1853 - 204 pages
...weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath, Of the primrose and cowslip sweet, With the sky above ray head, And the grass beneath my feet : For only one... | |
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