 Thus groan the old, till by disease oppress'd, They taste a final woe, and then they rest. Theirs is yon House, 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...  The British Magazine and Review: Or, Universaal Miscellany of Arts, Sciences ... - Page 1331783Full view - About this book
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1856 - 794 pages
..."Theirs is yon house thai holds the parish poor, WhoM walla of mud scarce bear the broken door ; l'hère, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull...the day ; There children dwell who know no parents' care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed,... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door : There, where the putrid vapors flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through...day, — There children dwell, who know no parents' care — Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons, on their joyless... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapors, flugging, play, And tho l my wanderings round this world uf care, In all my griefs — and God has given my care, Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, • Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours' flagging, play, And...the day ; There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there; Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; • There, where the putrid vapors 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 ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears,... | |
 | 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...day, — 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
..." Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce hear the broken door : There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And...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... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1865 - 86 pages
...Crabbe. " There is yon House that holds the pariah poor, Whose wafts of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And...day ; — There children dwell who know no parents' care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed,... | |
 | James Suter - Levites - 1867 - 112 pages
...way," (Edinburgh Review, No. 138.) No. VIII. DISCOMFORTS OF THE POOEHOUSE. From Crabbe's " Village." THERE, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And...day : — There children dwell who know no parents' care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - English literature - 1869 - 528 pages
...rest. Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours flagging play, And...the day ; There children dwell who know no parents' care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; * A pauper who, being nearly past his labour,... | |
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