 | 474 strani
...on the thick, damp vapours. But this that follows has, we think, more of London in its horror — " Where the lamps quiver, So far in the river, With...basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night 1 " The bleak winds of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing... | |
 | 1846 - 608 strani
...Yet, than all other? " Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Ob ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full. Home she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feeling- hnd changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown Irom its eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 strani
...pitiful, Near a whole city full. Heme she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Ferlingi had changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from...estranged. " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, 1346.] TBE LATE THOMAS HOOD. With many a light From window and casement, From g.irret tu basement,... | |
 | University magazine - 1846 - 780 strani
...Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh 1 it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Fuelings had changed : Love, by liarsh evidence. Thrown from its eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming... | |
 | 1847 - 432 strani
...return. STf)e A DARK TALE FOR A DARK NIGHT. BY CHARLTON CAREW. ( Author of " The Poacher's Wife." ) " Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many...basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night." Thamca Hood. Houseless by night ! And that on the hill of Harrow, with a howling wind driving the snow... | |
 | Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies - 1847 - 366 strani
...broke from him, and passed on more rapidly than before— till Where the lamps quiver, Far down by the river, With many a light, From window and casement,...garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless at night. The cold wind of night Made her tremble and shiver, But not the darkarch Or the black flowing... | |
 | Mrs. Gordon Smythies - 1848 - 380 strani
...she broke from him, and passed on more rapidly than before—till Where the lamps quiver, Far down by the river, With many a light, From window and casement,...garret to basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless at night. The cold wind of night , Made her tremble and shiver, But not the darkarch > Or the black... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 strani
...pitiful I Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Filling* had changed: Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. Had from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled— Anywhere, anywhere Out of the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 strani
...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. Sisterly,...eminence; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 strani
...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. Sisterly,...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless... | |
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Who was her father? Who was her mother? Had she a sister? Had she a brother? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other? 
