 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 She sang the  English Prose and Poetry - Стр. 494авторы: John Matthews Manly - 1926 - Страниц: 882Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - Страниц: 794
...: Give me from some kind hand a flower, The record of one happy hour. MRS. HEMANS: Women and Fame. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt." 668 WOMAN. By custom doom'd to folly, sloth, and ease, No wonder Pope such female triflers sees ; Nor,... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - Страниц: 348
...brightness of 9. We shall make this a glorious, an immortal day. LV.— SONG OF THE SHIRT. "TTT^ITH fingers weary and worn, ' * With eyelids heavy and...dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt!" 2. "Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — work, Till the stars shine... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - Страниц: 562
...could I die, Did I but ken your heart still dreamed SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES. THOMA8 HOOD. [1798-1845.l THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn,...of dolorous pitch, She sang the "Song of the Shirt !" "WorkI work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work — work — .work, Till the stars... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - Страниц: 599
...see How much of happiness there was after that misery. From the Danish of HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn,...of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt !" ' t Work ! work ! work While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work — work — work Till the stars... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1876 - Страниц: 458
...laughter Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old. MacavJay. The Song of the Shirt. With fingers weary and worn,...and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, "Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work — work — work — Till the stars... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - Страниц: 238
...And in her blood she sank to earth, and with one sob she died ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. — (Hood.) WITH fingers weary and worn, with eyelids heavy and...dolorous pitch, she sang the " Song of the Shirt". " Work ! work ! work ! while the cock is crowing aloof! " And work ! work ! work ! till the stars shine... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1877 - Страниц: 104
...With gravel and sod, Hide, hide her from God And the light of the sun ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. i ITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...of dolorous pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt I" " Work ' work ! work ! While the cock -is crowing aloof! And work — work — work, Till the stars... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - Страниц: 788
...: Give me from some kind hand a flower, The record of one happy hour. MRS. HEMANS: Women and Fame. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...dolorous pitch. She sang the " Song of the Shirt." 668 WOMAN. By custom doom'd to folly, sloth, and ease, No wonder I'ope such female triflers sees ;... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - Страниц: 232
...long poem, some of his shorter ones are among the most perfect of their kind in the English language. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn,...poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous1 pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt ! " " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - Страниц: 634
...brow severe, And, " I am happiness," he said, " If Virtue guides thee here." THOMAS HOOD. 1798—1845. SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With...of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt." ' ' Work — work — work ! While the cock is crowing aloof ; And work — work — work Till the... | |
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