...suffering in its every form :— " ' O, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose twcct, AVith the sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet...hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woeb of a want, And the walk that costs a meal. " ' 0, but for one short hour, A respite, however brief,...

...work ! In the dull December light ; And work — work — work ! When the weather is warm and bright; While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. 9. " O, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, With the sky above my head, And...

...work, In the dull December light ; And work — work — work! When the weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me wife the Spring. 9. "Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet ; Wife the sky...

...the weather is warm and bright, While underneath the eaves the brooding swallows cling, As if to shew their sunny backs, and twit me with the Spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath of the primrose and cowslip sweet — With the sky above my head, and the grass beneath my feet, If only for...

...work ! In the dull December light ; And work ! work ! work ! When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...

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...seen of the city, the more I have longed to be roaming in the country with my hazel stick. " I longed to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose...sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet." Grasping my hazel in my hand, I have visited the British Museum, with its almost endless curiosities,...

...work, In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " O ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And...

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...in a well-known passage, connects the swallow with the earlier of the two seasons : — " . . . .' underneath the eaves, The brooding swallows cling...me their sunny backs, And twit me with the Spring." Hood's Song of Oic Shirt. ALFBED A iMri;. Alrewas, Lichfield. PSALM xc. 9. (3rd S. v. 57.)— The following...