 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...A respite however brief I No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A 1 ittle weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed...hunger, and dirt; And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sang this ' ' Song of the Shirt ! " TBE... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 Seiten
...futurity, where the tears shall be wiped from many a mourner's eye, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt I" " Work 1 work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 Seiten
...! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table...hunger and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !She sung this " Song of the shirt !" Glimpses of... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 Seiten
...! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table...hunger and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !She sung this " Song of the shirt !" NEW AND VALUABLE... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...and gusset, and seam ; Seam, and gusset, and band ; Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd As well as the weary hand ! " Work — work — work,...hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sang this - Song of the Shirt !" SILENCE.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 Seiten
...prisoners work, for crime ! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the beart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary...hunger and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sung this " Song of the Shirt ! " RADICALISM.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...the weary hand ! " Work — work — work, In the dull December light, And work — work — work, While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sang this " Song of the Shirt !" SILENCE.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 Seiten
...As well as the weary hand! "Work—work—work, In the dull December light: And work—work—work! When the weather is warm and bright: While underneath...sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread; Stitch—stitch—stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch—... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 Seiten
...work ! When the weather is warm and bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows clingAs if to. show me their sunny backs, And twit me with...hunger and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sung this " Song of the shirt !" ... | |
 | 1846 - 302 Seiten
...costs a meal ! " Oh but for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love and Hope, But only time for Grief; A little weeping would...hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could reach the Rich, — She sang this " Song of the Shirt." A STARVATION... | |
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Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, — With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet! For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal! " Oh but for... 
