 Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to 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...  Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People - Page 193by Mary Russell Mitford - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Crime - 1849 - 610 pages
...Hiood with uiiiimitueiit, Houseless hy night. The bleak wind oí March Made her tremble and »hirer ; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river ; Mad from life'* history, Glad to death's ui) tilery, Swift to be hurled— Any where, any where, Out of the... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1858 - 580 pages
...the wonder that she plunges madly out of life ? " Where the lampB quiver, So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret...The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; Bat not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river, Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1850 - 396 pages
...intellect seem to be dead, but to us how unspeakably dear !) might perpetuate the name of Hood : " The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver. But not the dark arch, Nor the black flowing river ; Mad from life's history — Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurl'd,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1850 - 448 pages
...intellect seem to be dead, but to us how unspeakably dear !) might perpetuate the name of Hood : « The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Nor the black flowing river ; Mad from life's history — Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurl'd,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 462 pages
...sminenoe; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She etood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1851 - 88 pages
...charity Under the sun; Oh ! it was pitiful, Near a -whole city full, Home she had none. The bleak winds of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the...history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled, Any where, any where, Out of the world. In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - American literature - 1851 - 504 pages
...ones of earth, in answer to her — the outcast. "Where the lamps quiver, So far In the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret...basement, She stood with amazement, Houseless by night." To the blank misery of her aoul there flashed a moment'n wild, half-stupid wonderment, as she looks... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret...life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world 1 In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret...life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd— Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...eminence ; Even God's providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret...Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch Of the black flowing river : Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd —... | |
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