 In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall...  The American Whig Review - Pagina 4681849Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Stuart Gillespie, Philip Hardie - 2007
...anthologised by Bysshe and Baker, and incorporated thus by James Thomson in The Seasons: In vain for him th' officious Wife prepares The Fire fair-blazing, and...demand their Sire, With Tears of artless Innocence. Alas! Nor Wife, nor Children, more shall he behold, Nor Friends, nor sacred Home. ('Winter' 311-17;... | |
| |
