Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there! Heart-broken... The School of Wisdom - Page 2101803 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1859 - 600 pages
...parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, nagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the...There, children dwell who know no parents' care.' That wretched parish workhouse is gone. No walls ct mud — no broken door — no naked rafters —... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1864 - 608 pages
...that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce hear the broken door : There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful...through the day : There children dwell, who know no parent's care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their Joyless... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - Workhouses - 1860 - 110 pages
...take its long lonely journey. Oh, how true of the Workhouse are the words:— " Children are there, who know no parents' care, Parents who know no children's love dwell there, Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Deserted wives, and mothers never wed; There wretched widows shed unheeded tears, And... | |
| Edward Clodd - 1865 - 86 pages
...that holds the pariah poor, Whose wafts of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful...love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
| Edward Clodd - 1865 - 92 pages
...that holds the parish poor, Whose walk of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful...know no children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken mations on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded... | |
| James Suter - Levites - 1867 - 112 pages
...No. 138.) No. VIII. DISCOMFORTS OF THE POOEHOUSE. From Crabbe's " Village." THERE, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful...love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...holds the pariah poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ! There, where the putrid vapors, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through...love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joyless lied, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed, Dejected widows with unheeded tears. And crippled... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - English literature - 1869 - 528 pages
...that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful...Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; * A pauper who, being nearly past his labour, is employed by different masters for a length of time... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 266 pages
...that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful...Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; * A pauper who, being nearly past his labour, is employed by different masters for a length of t'me... | |
| Chalmers association - 1870 - 252 pages
...the present day as I am capable of giving. Step into any one of moderate size, and what do we see ? " There children dwell who know no parents' care ; Parents,...love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed, Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled... | |
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