 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagine
...eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still with..."Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof 1 And work — work — work, Till the stars shine through the roof! It's oh! to be a slave Along with... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pagine
...and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! elich ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt. And still with a voice of dolorous pitchWould that its tone could reach the rich '.— She sang this " Song of the Shirt!" GENTILITY—... | |
 | 1846 - 608 pagine
...uncompassionated — that the dread of hunger and of nakedness ever forced its victims to endure. " ' Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof!...work — work, Till the stars shine through the roof! It's O ! to be n slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pagine
...fdjaft }ur Sn'idjiipna bee unglücílidjen Ccnboner Scaíicvinuciu) 2>aê 8ieb ber «Römerin. 205 And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the „Song of the Shirt 1" *) Work' work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work ! work ! work I Till the stars shine... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pagine
...eyelids heavy and red, A woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, 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! " THE CHRISTIAN LADY'S... | |
 | 1844 - 878 pagine
...red, A woman sat in unwomanly racs, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — rtiteh— otiteh ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone eould reach the llich Sue song this ' Song of the Shirt I" GRATIFYING FACTS RESPECTING... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pagine
...unb 3»irn ! A Woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch! stitch! stitch! ID poverty, 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!" *) *) SOTit Ringern... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pagine
...heavy and red, A woman 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 — Would that its tone could reach the rich !She sung this " Song of the shirt !" Glimpses of the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pagine
...heavy and red, A woman 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 — Would that its tone could reach the rich !She sung this " Song of the shirt !" NEW AND VALUABLE... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagine
...heavy and red, A woman 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 — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sang this - Song of the Shirt !" SILENCE. is... | |
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With fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and red, A woman 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 — Would that its tone could reach... 
