 She, wretched matron, forc'd in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the...  The Etonian - Seite 263herausgegeben von - 1824Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron, forc'd in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wint'ry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn; She only left... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashing spring : She, wretched matron, forc'd, in age, for bread. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep tilHnorn; She only left... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 Seiten
...widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron, forc'd in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn ; She only left... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 Seiten
...widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron, forc'd, in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn ; She only left... | |
 | William Allport Leighton - 1841 - 808 Seiten
...yon widow'd solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring; She, wretched matron, forc'd, in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread." GOLDSMITH. CLASS XV. TETRADYNAMIA. 6 Stamens, 4 long and 2 short.— (Nat. Ord. CRUCIFER^E, Juss.J... | |
 | 1847 - 854 Seiten
...widowed, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the pla&hy spring : She, wretched matron, pressed in age for bread. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread." The brook and ditches near where her cabin stood still furnish cresses, and several of her descendants... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...widowed, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring : She, wretched matron, pressed in age for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread." The brook and ditches near where her cabin stood, still furnish cresses, and several of her descendants... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 Seiten
...widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron, forc'd, in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn ; She only left... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 Seiten
...widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron — forc'd in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn — She only... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 Seiten
...widow'd, solitary thing, That feebly bends beside the plashy spring ; She, wretched matron — forc'd in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn — She only... | |
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