 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 Works of Thomas Hood - Page 149by Thomas Hood - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...The brooding swallows clingAs if to. show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 pages
...The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh but for one short hour! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. " Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal! " Oh! but for one short hour! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope ; But... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. «' Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I need to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh but for one short... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the spring. "Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my fret, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk... | |
 | 1847 - 592 pages
...beautiful, now worn with care and sorrow, without being reminded of the Poet's touching song : " Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal !" Survey well the apartment of Eva Masterton, for each article, there speaks of her patient suffering,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath 'Of the cowslip and primrose...knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But... | |
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