 | Robert Southey - 1799 - 244 pàgines
...coated well., And yet we were a-cold. We met an old bare-headed mail, His locks were few and white, Twas bitter keen indeed, he said, But at home no fire...down Upon a stone to rest, She had a baby at her back 82 I ask'd her why she loiter'd there When the wind it was so chill ; She torn'd her head and bade... | |
 | Charles Snart - 1808 - 496 pàgines
...she did abroad — The wind it blew so cokk She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed, And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for...down Upon a stone to rest, She had a baby at her back — Another at her breast : I ask'd her why she loiter'd there — The wind it was so chill ? She turn'd... | |
 | 1811 - 386 pàgines
...she did abroad — The wind it blow so cold. She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed, And therefore was it she was sent, Abroad to beg for...saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest, She Lad a baby at her back, Another at her breast. I ask'd her why she loitered there— The wind it was... | |
 | Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pàgines
...did abroad, When the wind it blew so cold. She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed i And, therefore, was it she was sent Abroad to beg...Upon a stone to rest ; She had a baby at her back, Another at her breast. I rsk'd her why she loiter'd there, When the wind it was so chill ; She turn'd... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pàgines
...she did abroad, The wind it blew so cold? She said her father was at home, And be lay sick in bed, And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for...sitting down Upon a stone to rest, She had a baby at ber back — Another at her breast : I ask'd her why she loiter'd there. The wind it was so chill?... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pàgines
...did abroad When the wind it blew so cold. She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed ; And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for...had a baby at her back, And another at her breast. I asked her why she loitered there, When the wind it was so chill ; — She turned her head, and bade... | |
 | 1843 - 572 pàgines
...so cold ? She said her father was at home, And he lay sick a-hed, And therefore was it she was sent We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest, She had a hahy on her hack And another at her hreast. I ask'd her why she loitered there When the night-wind... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - 274 pàgines
...her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed; And therefore was it she was sent Abroad, to beg her bread. We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to...had a baby at her back, And another at her breast. 1 ask'd her why she loitered there, When the wind it was so chill ? She turned her head, and bade the... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pàgines
...did abroad When the wind it blew so cold ? She said her father was at home, And he lay sick in bed ; And therefore was it she was sent Abroad, to beg for...breast. I ask'd her why she loiter'd there, When the wind it was so chill ? She turn'd her head, and bade the child That scream'd behind, be still. She... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 pàgines
...asked her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold : She said her father was at home, Aud he lay sick a-bed, And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. We saw a woman litting down Upon a stone to rest ; She had a baby at her back And another at her breast. 1 asked her... | |
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We met a young bare-footed child, And she begg'd loud and bold, I ask'd her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold; She said her father was at home And he lay sick a-bed, And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. We saw a woman... 
