 | Emma Sheppard - Charity - 1809 - 104 pages
...Alas 1 for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitifull Near a whole city fuH, Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river:... | |
 | Fashion - 474 pages
...on the thick, damp vapours. But this that follows has, we think, more of London in its horror — " Where the lamps quiver, So far in the river, With...basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night 1 " The bleak winds of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing... | |
 | Fashion - 470 pages
...comforter throughout their life, Was their best guide in Death ! THE LAW OF KINDNESS. BY ELIZABETH YOUATT. Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the...pitiful! Near a whole city full; Home she had none. THOMAS HOOD. " Depend upon it," said Professor N , after a long conversation, the whole substance of... | |
 | 1868
...compassion of a loving God; not one to hold her back from the consummation of her sad design. " Alaa for the rarity of Christian charity, Under the sun...pitiful ! near a whole city full, Home she had none." Shall not her fate be a solemn warning to young and unwary girls to shun the flatteries and avoid the... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...a nearer one Yet, than all other? " Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Ob ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full. Home she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feeling- hnd changed : Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown Irom its eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...sister ? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...sister ? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...sister ? Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, or a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...sister 1 Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...there a dearer one Yet, than all other? Alas, for the rarity Of Christian charily Under the sun! 0, it was pitiful! Near a whole city full, Home she had...basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless, by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river:... | |
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Had she a brother? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other? Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun! Oh! it was pitiful! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. 
