...the almshouse : Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There where the putrid vapours, flagging,...through the day; — There children dwell who know no parent's care; Parents who know no children's love dwell there! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless...

...new poor-law. " Theirs is yon house that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door : There, where the putrid vapours flagging...through the day : There children dwell, who know no parent's care ; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there ; Heart-broken matrons on their Joyless...

...describes to us : Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There where the putrid vapours, flagging,...joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; 1 Cf. above, p. 64. 2 Dyer's Fleece (1757), Chalmers's English Poets, vol. xiii. pp. 341-2. * Cf....

...walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, (lagging, play, Л3».\п<1 the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; — There children dwell who know no parents' care ; Parenls^w ho know no children's love, dwell there ! Heartbroken matrons on their joyless bed. Forsaken,...

...Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapors, flagging, play, 230 s the moon, The passion poesy, glories infinite, Haunt us till they 1 Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows...

...There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there I Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken...mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, '36 And crippled age with more than childhood fears ; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they!...

...suppose, must always retire into a house, ^'"Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door, Wherein the putrid vapours flagging play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ; :n = nd where his last hours are rendered miserable by the r=r arish doctor, A potent quack, long...

...and then they rest Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging,...children's love, dwell there! Heart-broken matrons on then- joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And...

...expected to tolerate : Theirs is yon House that holds the parish poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging,...joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed. . . . As the more winged kind of poetry triumphed, this sort of excellence went out of vogue, and Crabbe...

...be a true one : Their's is yon house that holds the Parish-Poor, Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door ; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging,...through the day ; There Children dwell who know no Parent's care ; Parents, who know no Children's love, dwell there ! Heart-broken Matrons on their joyless...