 Still, for all slips of hers, One of Eve's family — . Wipe those poor lips of hers Oozing so clammily. Loop up her tresses Escaped from the comb, Her fair auburn tresses ; Whilst wonderment guesses Where was her home ? Who was her father ? Who was her...  Poems - Page 185by Thomas Hood - 1846 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Gladwyn Jebb - 1859 - 424 pages
...arches of the Adelphi. I knew the turning which led down to them. But that I should come to this ! " Oh ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none 1 " I did not then know these lines, or who wrote the touching poem which contains them ; but long... | |
 | John Blackmore - Church work with prostitutes - 1860 - 354 pages
...had endured much misery; one wrong step had caused all her friends to turn their backs upon her, — "Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings...eminence; Even God's providence Seeming estranged." But not " seeming estranged" then. Oh, no ; for while singing the praises of God throughout eternity,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...tresses Escaped from the comb, Her fair auburn tresses ; Whilst wonderment guesses Where was her home ? Or was there a dearer one Still and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas I for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - Blind - 1860 - 384 pages
...of the Song of the Shirt. Let him tell the fate of one of them, for it is the story of the class : " Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near n whole city full, Home she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings had changed... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - American periodicals - 1860 - 794 pages
...The suicide, so slender and fair, is borne up by tender hands, and in the heart is the dirge — " Oh, it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none I " It is well that next to the heart pierced by the threaded needle should be the story of the self-destroyed... | |
 | Henry Gladwyn Jebb - 1860 - 378 pages
...arches of the Adelphi. I knew the turning which led down to them. But that I should come to this ! "Oh! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none !" I did not then know these lines, or who wrote the touching poem which contains them ; but long afterward... | |
 | John Blackmore (lieut.) - 1860 - 344 pages
...felt it as a heavy burden on my heart, that so few cared about the condition of these unhappy women. " Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it is pitiful ! In a whole city full Home she had none." Passing down one of the fashionable rendezvous... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...wonderment guesses Where was her home ? Who was her father ? Who was her mother ? Had she a sister ? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still,...for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city fall, Home she had none. .Feelings had changed.: Love, by harsh... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...wonderment guesses Where was her home ? 58 Who was her father? Who was her mother '! Had she a sister ? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still,...for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 520 pages
...auburn tresses ; Whilst wonderment guesses Where was her home ? Who was her father ? Who was her mother! Had she a sister 1 Had she a brother"? Or was there...dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other 1 Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full,... | |
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