 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 hums doleful through the day; — • There children dwell who know no parents...  The County Magazine - Page 351788Full view - About this book
 | English song - 1873 - 566 lehte
...parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, (lagging, 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 matrons on their joyless... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 lehte
...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...play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the days There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there... | |
 | Pye Henry Chavasse - 1875 - 332 lehte
...her children, but to leave them to the care of servants. Of such a family it may truly be said — "There children dwell who know no parent's care ; Parents who know no children's love dwell there." Cralbe. 786. If a mother did but know the happiness that suckling her babe imparts, she would never... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 lehte
...Apothecary. From The У ¡liage. Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce f joy She gathered and selected with her hand, All...odours, all divinest sounds, All thoughts, all feelings parents' care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their joyless... | |
 | George Crabbe, A. C. Cunningham - 1877 - 568 lehte
...woe, and then they rest. "^ Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mnd scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours,...doleful through the day; — There children dwell jwho know no parent's care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there! ' Heart-broken matrons... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 lehte
...the house of poverty : " Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce Sea House ; what " fine fretwork he makes of their double and single entries I " parents' care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken matrons on their Joyless... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - 1878 - 704 lehte
...health, warmth, or decency. Theirs is yon house, that holds the parish jx>or, Whose walls of nmd scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours...play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day. • • • • • Such is that room which one rude l>eam divides, And naked rafters form the sloping... | |
 | 1878 - 916 lehte
...evil." These sentences show how little the poorhouse has changed since Crabbe wrote regarding it : — " There children dwell who know no parent's care, Parents...children's love dwell there, Heart-broken matrons in their joyless bed, Forsaken wives and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 lehte
...POOR-HOTJSE. — OraMe. THEKE, in yon house, that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door, There, where the putrid vapours...through 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 lehte
...Fr.om ' The Village.' Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mnd scarce bears the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours,...through the day ; There children dwell who know no parents' care ; Parentf, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons ou their joyless... | |
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