All these are unpleasant sensations, and I sweep them out of my mind as quickly as I possibly can, not from any exalted motives, but simply as useless, Cumbering lumber, for which I decline to use my brain at a storehouse.
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
It was odd how this sweet-faced blond woman, with blue eyes and a halo of fair hair and a gentle smile, contrived-of course without meaning it-to make one feel the meanest, shabbiest thing Cumbering a beautiful world!
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
The Hymn of a Wounded Spirit I love to steal awhile away From every Cumbering care, And spend the hour of setting day In humble, grateful prayer.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden