 And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage: At his approach complaint grew mild; And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled...  The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 134by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1854 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 394 pages
...wag their poor old heads with feeble delight at his approach ; and as for those who were ill — " When his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter." Before he had been in his curacy long there were very, very... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad It will not be improved by burning. And ho was kind and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar or of Venus; From... | |
 | Tom Hood - English fiction - 1872 - 172 pages
...wag their poor old heads with feeble delight at his approach ; and as for those who were ill, — " When his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter." Before he had been in his curacy long there were very, very... | |
 | Living voices - English poetry - 1873 - 588 pages
...plann'd them, For all who understood admired, And some who did not understand them. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome, which they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Cassar, or of Venus... | |
 | 1874 - 614 pages
...all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter. This is not poetry to move the world ; there is no vehemence... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - Authors, American - 1875 - 448 pages
...his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, . It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter.' This is not poetry to move the world ; there is no vehemence... | |
 | Annie Thomas - 1875 - 332 pages
...planned them, For all who understood admired, And some who did not understand them. " And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut, or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome which they could not utter." He caine in now with a genial, kindly apology to those of... | |
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 pages
...righteousness in every condition of life. — PercivaL VICAR, — The Kind-Heart ed He was very kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. — Praed. VOICE.— The Best Kind of Every voice has its bell-note,... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 pages
...all his learning, That if a man's belief is bad, It will not be improved by burning. And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage,...share the widow's homelier pottage. At his approach complaints grew mild, And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 pages
...praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage. At his approach complaints grew mild, And when his hand unbarred the shutter, The clammy lips of fever smiled The welcome that they could not utter. He always had a tale for me Of Julius Caesar, or of Venus ;... | |
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