 Who by his labour lived ; that he was one Whose uncorrupted heart could keenly feel A husband's love, a father's anxiousness, That from the wages of his toil he fed The distant dear ones, and would talk of them At midnight when he trod the silent deck...  Poems - Page 175by Robert Southey - 1799 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - Europe - 1799 - 714 pages
...familiar to my ear. But it was told me after, that this man Was by a Press Gang's violence roughly forc'd From his own home, and wife, and little ones, Who,...was one, Whose uncorrupted heart could keenly feel . . • An husband's love, a father's anxiousneae j That from the wages of his toil he fed The distant... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...familiar to mine ear. But it was tpld me after, that this man Was one whom lawful violence had forc'd From his own home, and wife, and little ones, 'Who by his labour liv'd ; — that he was one Whofe uncorrupted heart could keenly feel A hufband's love — a father's... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...read his name, 'Twas in the list of slaughter, — and blessed God The sound was not familiar to my ear. But it was told me after, that this man Was one,...ones, Who by his labour lived ; that he was one Whose uncomipted heart could keenly feel A husband's love, — a father's consciousness. — That from the... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...chronicle: Peace to his honest soul ! I read his name, 'Twas in the list of slaughter, and bless'd God The sound was not familiar to mine ear. But it was...forced From his own home and wife and little ones, I • Who by his labour lived; that he was one Whose uncomipted heart could keenly feel A husband's... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...chronicle. Peace to his honest soul ! I read his name, — 'Twas in the list of slaughter, and hlest God The sound was not familiar to mine ear. But it was...his own home, and wife, and little ones, Who by his lahour lived ; that he was one Whose uncorrupted heart could keenly feel A hushand's love, — a father's... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...chronicle. Peace to his honest soul ! I read his- name, — 'Twas in the list of slaughter, and blest God The sound was not familiar to mine ear. But it was told me, after, that this man Was one whom lawful violenee had forced From his own home, and wife, and little ones, Who by his labour lived ; that he... | |
 | Chronicles of the sea - 1838 - 488 pages
...familiar to my ear. But it told me after, that this man Was by compulsion's violence roughly forc'd From his own home, and wife, and little ones, Who by his labour liv'd ; — that he was one. Whose uncorrupted heart could keenly feel A husband's love, a father's... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...chronicle. Peace to his honest soul ! I read his name — 'Twas in the list of slaughter — and thanked God The sound was not familiar to mine ear. But it was...anxiousness ; That from the wages of his toil he fed 236 THE VICTORY. The distant dear ones, and would talk of them At midnight when he trod the silent... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 pages
...Peace to his honest soul ! 1 read his name, — 'Twas in the list of slaughter, — and tliauk'd God The sound was not familiar to mine ear. But it was...his own home, and wife, and little ones, Who by his labor lived ; that lie was one Whose uncorrupted heart could keenly feel A husband's love, a father's... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1845 - 848 pages
...chronicle. Peace to his honest soul II read his name, 'Twas in the list of slaughter, and thank'd God The sound was not familiar to mine ear. But it was...own home and wife and little ones, Who by his labour liv'd ; that he was one Whose uncorrupted heart could keenly feel A husband's love, a father's anxiousness... | |
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