 | 1859 - Страниц: 736
...! The Poor Girl, homeless, friendless, deserted, destitute, and gin-mad, commits self-murder .'" " Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the...pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none." * " When I first saw the river aa I pussed over King's College Bridge," said Robert Hall, speaking... | |
 | 1859 - Страниц: 406
...her father ? Who was her mother ? Had she a 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 sun. Oh 1 it was pitiful Near a whole city full, Home she had none. In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly... | |
 | Plague Spot - 1859 - Страниц: 632
...sister P Had she a brother P Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet than all other P "Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charity, Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city fall, Home she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings had changed ; Love, by... | |
 | Henry Gladwyn Jebb - 1859 - Страниц: 424
...arches of the Adelphi. I knew the turning which led down to them. But that I should come to this ! " Oh ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none 1 " I did not then know these lines, or who wrote the touching poem which contains them ; but long... | |
 | John Blackmore - 1860 - Страниц: 354
...had endured much misery; one wrong step had caused all her friends to turn their backs upon her, — "Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings...eminence; Even God's providence Seeming estranged." But not " seeming estranged" then. Oh, no ; for while singing the praises of God throughout eternity,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - Страниц: 384
...of the Song of the Shirt. Let him tell the fate of one of them, for it is the story of the class : " Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near n whole city full, Home she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings had changed... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - Страниц: 794
...The suicide, so slender and fair, is borne up by tender hands, and in the heart is the dirge — " Oh, it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none I " It is well that next to the heart pierced by the threaded needle should be the story of the self-destroyed... | |
 | Henry Gladwyn Jebb - 1860 - Страниц: 378
...arches of the Adelphi. I knew the turning which led down to them. But that I should come to this ! "Oh! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none !" I did not then know these lines, or who wrote the touching poem which contains them ; but long afterward... | |
 | John Blackmore (lieut.) - 1860 - Страниц: 344
...felt it as a heavy burden on my heart, that so few cared about the condition of these unhappy women. " Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it is pitiful ! In a whole city full Home she had none." Passing down one of the fashionable rendezvous... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - Страниц: 482
...her father ? Who was her mother ? Had she a 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 sun ! O, it was pitiful ! Near a whole city fall, Home she had none. .Feelings had changed.: Love, by harsh... | |
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Loop up her tresses Escaped from the comb, Her fair auburn tresses; Whilst wonderment guesses, Where was her home ? Who was her father? Who was her mother? Had she a sister? Had she a brother? 
