“Alas! for the rarity
Of Christian charity
Under the sun!”
Thomas Hood The Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs (1844), st. 9.
1840s
"The Bridge of Sighs" is a famous poem of 1844 by Thomas Hood concerning the suicide of a homeless young woman who threw herself from Waterloo Bridge in London.
“Alas! for the rarity
Of Christian charity
Under the sun!”
Thomas Hood The Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs (1844), st. 9.
1840s
“Even God's providence
Seeming estranged.”
Thomas Hood The Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs (1844).
1840s