Why should I live ? Do I not know The life of woman is full of woe ? Toiling on and on and on, With breaking heart, and tearful eyes, And silent lips, and in the soul The secret longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies M-' Some more, some... Free Prisoners: A Story of California Life - Sida 111efter Jane W. Bruner - 1877 - 258 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| 1852 - 1228 sidor
...child 1 thou must not die 1 KLSIK. Why should I live I Do I not know The life of women is full of woe f Toiling on, and on, and on, With breaking heart, and...longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies I Some more, some less, but of the whole Not one quite happy, no, not one t URSULA. It is the malediction... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 368 sidor
...when human virtue assumes an angelic form. We might credit the poet, when he says, " Do I not know The life of woman is full of woe ? Toiling on, and...longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies ; v Some more, some less, but of the whole. Not one quite happy ; no, not one ! " However, we have... | |
| L N. Comyn - 1862 - 476 sidor
...She can't say much ; she 's too busy. But make haste, they are just going to begin." 55 CHAPTER V. " In the soul The secret longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies. . ." LONGFELLOW. THE dancing was over, the saloons were deserted, and the guests, with the exception... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 sidor
...illumined ! Ursula. My child! my child! thou must not die ! Elsie. Why should I live? Do I not know The life of woman is full of woe? Toiling on and on...satisfies! Some more, some less, but of the whole Nut one quite happy, no, not one ! Ursula. 1 1 is the malediction of Eve ! * Elsie. In place of it,... | |
| James D. McCabe - 1871 - 686 sidor
...illumined. URSULA. My child ! my child ! thou must not die. ELSIE. Why should I live? Do I not know The life of woman is full of woe? Toiling on, and...longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies I Some more, some less, but of the whole Not one quite happy ; no, not one ! URSULA. It is the malediction... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 656 sidor
...illumined I Ursula. My child ! my child ! thou must not die ! Elsie. Why should I live ? Do I not know The life of woman is full of woe ? Toiling on and...longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies 1 Some more, some less, but of the whole Not one quite happy, no, not one 1 Ursula. It is the malediction... | |
| James D. McCabe - 1872 - 682 sidor
...GEEAT FOETUNES. UKSULA. My child! my child! thou must not die. ELSIE. Why should I live ? Do I not know The life of woman is full of woe? Toiling on, and...this world never satisfies ! Some more, some less, hut of the whole Not one quite happy; no, not one! UKSULA. It is the malediction of Eve ! ELSIE. In... | |
| 1880 - 882 sidor
...is full of woe, Toiling on, and on, and on, With brcnkmg heart and tearful eyes, And silent li[is, and in the soul The secret longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies.' " " Oh, Clarice, that is morbid indeed ! and one must recollect that Elsie was a German peasant whose... | |
| Lucy Clifford - 1882 - 516 sidor
...to that truth which Elsie tells us in the Golden Legend, although it sounds morbid, I am afraid. " ' The life of woman is full of woe, Toiling on and on...longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies ! ' " " Oh, Clarice, that is morbid indeed ! And one must remember that Elsie was a German peasant... | |
| Sarah Doudney - 1882 - 292 sidor
...to that truth which Elsie tells us in the Golden Legend, although it sounds morbid, I am afraid. " ' The life of woman is full of woe, Toiling on and on...longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies ! ' " " Oh, Clarice, that is morbid indeed ! And one must remember that Elsie was a German peasant... | |
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