See those skeleton limbs, those frost-bitten feet, All bleeding and bruised by the stones of the street ; Hear the sharp cry of childhood, the deep groans that swell From the poor dying creature who writhes on the floor ; Hear the curses that sound like... Nothing to Wear: An Episode in City Life - Page 67by William Allen Butler - 1857 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...Bound like the echoes of Hell, As you sicken and shudder and fly from the door : Then borne to yonr wardrobes, and say, if you dare — Spoiled children...! if perchance there should be" a sphere Where all it tn&de right which so puzzles u» ifere, — Where the glare, and the glitter, and the tinsel of... | |
| English literature - 1858 - 784 pages
...poor dying creature who writhes on the floor ;— Hear the curses that sound like the echoes of Hell, As you sicken and shudder and fly from the door :...Where all is made right, which so puzzles us here — Where the glare, and the glitter, and tinsel of Time "Fade and die in the light of that region... | |
| Chambers's journal - 1858 - 432 pages
...poor dying creature who writhes on the floor ; Hear the curses that sound like the echoes of hell, As you sicken and shudder, and fly from the door ;...Where all is made right which so puzzles us here, Where the glare, and the glitter, and tinsel of Time Fade and die in the light ofthat region sublime.... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...the poor dying creature who writhes on the floor, Hear the curses that sound like the echoes of Hell, As you sicken and shudder and fly from the door; Then...Spoiled children of Fashion — you've nothing to wear I And oh, if perchance there should be a sphere, Where all is made right which so puzzles us here,... | |
| Henry Green - Law - 1858 - 182 pages
...the poor dying creature who writhes on the floor ; Hear the curses that sound like the echo of hell, As you sicken and shudder and fly from the door ;...children of fashion, — you've nothing to wear." Note 17, page 40. " Pollution's snares, that round litr twine." Emphatically, " the greatest of our... | |
| Fraternal organizations - 1858 - 546 pages
...writhes on the floor ; Hear the curses that sound like the echoes of Hell, As you sicken and shndder, and fly from the door ; Then home to your wardrobes,...and say, if you dare — Spoiled children of Fashion — yon've NOTHING тo WEAR ! And oh ! if ] perchance there should be a sphere Where all is made right... | |
| Henry Green - Law - 1858 - 170 pages
...the poor dying creature who writhes on the floor; Hear the curses that sound like the echo of hell, As you sicken and shudder and fly from the door; Then home to your wardrobes, aud say, if you dare— Spoiled children of fashion,—you've nothing to wear." Note 17, page 40. "... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...those skeleton limbs, those frost-bitten feet, All bleeding and bruised by the stones of the street, Then home to your wardrobes, and say, if you dare, — Spoiled children of fashion, — you 've nothing to wear ! And 0, if perchance there should be a sphere, Where all is made right... | |
| William Allen Butler - American poetry - 1862 - 76 pages
...creature who writhes on the floor, Heat the curses that sound like the echoes of Hell, Nothing to Wear. 67 As you sicken and shudder and fly from the door ;...Where all is made right which so puzzles us here, Where the glare, and the glitter, and tinsel of Time 68 Nothing to Wear. Fade and die in the light... | |
| Charles Edwards - Law - 1867 - 534 pages
...poor dying creature who writhes on the floor ; Hear the curses that sound like the echoes of hell, As you sicken and shudder and fly from the door ;...Where all is made right which so puzzles us here, Where the glare and the glitter and tinsel of time Fade and die in the light of that region sublime,... | |
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