Hidden fields
Books Books
" 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 210
1803 - 224 pages
Full view - About this book

Once Upon a Time

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 —...
Full view - About this book

Temple Bar, Volume 10

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...
Full view - About this book

Toil and Trust: Or, The Life-story of Patty, the Workhouse Girl

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...
Full view - About this book

George Crabbe: a Biography

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...
Full view - About this book

George Crabbe: a Biography

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...
Full view - About this book

The Ordinance of Levites

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...
Full view - About this book

English Literature of Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

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...
Full view - About this book

Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Volumes 11-12

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...
Full view - About this book

Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 12

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...
Full view - About this book

Pauperism and the poor laws: lects delivered in 1869-70, with kindred papers ...

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...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF