 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - Страниц: 482
...dream I -*' O, men, with sisters dear! O, men, with mothers and v It is not linen you're wearing o Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger,...But why do I talk of death ? That phantom of grisly boner I hardly fear his terrible shape,. It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because... | |
 | James Henry Powell - 1861 - Страниц: 36
...governmental protection in the ten hours Bill ! But where is the protection for the needle-woman 1 " Sewing at once with a double thread, " A shroud as well as a shirt : " she has none, but is doomed to slave at the l bidding of her employer, and the caprice of fashion... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - Страниц: 382
...Oh ! men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives J Stitch— stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger, and...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh God 1 that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - Страниц: 626
...! O men, with mothers and wives, It is not linen you're wearing out ! But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and...Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as veil as a shirt. " Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages 1 A bed... | |
 | 1863 - Страниц: 150
...men! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, but human creatures lives. Stich — stitch — stitch — in poverty, hunger, and dirt,...fasts I keep : Alas ! that bread should be so dear, aud flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work — my labour never flags : And what are its... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - Страниц: 178
...Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work ! work ! work ! My labour... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - Страниц: 614
...Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and...with a double thread, A SHROUD as well as a shirt ! 5. " But why do I talk of death, • That phantom of grisly bonef I hardly fear his terrible shape,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - Страниц: 438
...wives I It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch ! stitch ! stitch I In poverty, hunger and dirt, Sewing, at once, with...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. But why do 1 talk of Death, That phantom of grisly bone? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - Страниц: 390
...dear ! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger,...with a double thread, A SHROUD as well as a shirt ! 6. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape,... | |
 | Jessie Boucherett - 1863 - Страниц: 182
...ordinary paupers. In the lower ranks, too, sad failures occur. The oft-told tale of the shirt-maker, — " Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt," has lost its force by repetition, yet is not less true or less terrible now, than when Hood wrote his... | |
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O men with Sisters dear ! O men with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. 
