 Oh, but for one short hour! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart; But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!  Reisen in England und Wales - Page 226by Johann Georg Kohl - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 pages
...No blessed leisure for Love or Hopey But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my hearty But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread 1 " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags,' Plying... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed Ыу they trod ; They have left unstained what there they found, — Freedom to worship God. F With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread, — Stitch... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart : But in their briny bed My tears must...needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch,... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must...Hinders needle and thread!" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch!... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must...needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A POET'S MISERIES. IS A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1872 - 472 pages
...however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must...needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would n esteem Prince Menmon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her b 1 " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...however briefI No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief I A little weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1872 - 438 pages
...blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heartBut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread1" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 pages
...however brief! No blessed ' leisure for love or hope, but only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart; but in their briny bed my tears must...hinders needle and thread." With fingers weary and worn, with eyelids heavy and red, a woman sat in unwomanly rags, plying her needle and thread — Stitch... | |
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