 Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none.  Poems - Page 42by Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Maurice Davies - Clergy - 1873 - 418 pages
...there is still such a word as " home" for her ; that she need not say, in Hood's graphic words — " Oh, it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none." Christian charity is not so rare as it was. There are among us those large-hearted ones who can pity... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...dearer one Still, or a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full...eminence. Even God's Providence Seeming estranged. AVhen the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From many a casement, From garret to... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - English language - 1874 - 166 pages
...Who excelled all his friends in amusements athletic And whose manner of living was far from ascetic. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river With many a light From window and casement 1'Yom garret to basement Khe stood with amazement Houseless by night. EXERCISE LXVI. Point tlie following... | |
 | Charles Maurice Davies - Clergy - 1874 - 442 pages
...there is still such a word as " home" for her ; that she need not say, in Hood's graphic words — " Oh, it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none." Christian charity is not so rare as it was. There are among us those large-hearted ones who can pity... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 pages
...one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home had she none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings had changed : Love, by harsh evidence... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 300 pages
...Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other? Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun! O, it was pitiful! Near a whole city full, Home she had...far in the river, With many a light From window and easement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...pitiful! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings were changed ; Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its...estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With manv a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...one r Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city...Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings were changed ; Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its eminence Even God's providence Seeming estranged.... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 pages
...a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh I it was pitiful! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherlv Fatherly, motherly Feelings had changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its eminence... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1876 - 420 pages
...nearer one Yet, than all other' ? 8. Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh I it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. 9. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings had changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown... | |
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