| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - Страниц: 1022
...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 - Страниц: 622
...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 - Страниц: 442
...! 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 - Страниц: 434
...! 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 - Страниц: 558
...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.... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - Страниц: 310
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| Henry Clapp - 1846 - Страниц: 238
...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 - Страниц: 540
...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 - Страниц: 228
...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 - Страниц: 672
...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 !" ... | |
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