 Stitch, stitch, stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt. Sewing at once, with a double thread A shroud as well as a shirt ! But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems...  The Dublin Review - Página 391editado por - 1846Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | E. K. Washington - 1860 - 708 páginas
...get wages ridiculously small; scarce a dime a day, reminding one of Hood's " Song of the Shirt." " 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1" It is said they have generally five hundred thousand dollars' worth of flax in course of manipulation.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 páginas
...thread^ A- shroud. as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death ? That phantom of grisly boner I hardly fear his terrible shape,. It seems so like...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ;. O, God ! that bread should be so dear?. And flesh and blood so cheap !. " Work — work — work... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 páginas
...thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of Death, That phantom of grisly bone ? 171 I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...It seems so like my own Because of the fasts I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work, work, work ! My labor... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 páginas
...double thread, A SHROUD as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 páginas
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...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 labour... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1862 - 522 páginas
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; 0, God ! that bread should be so dear. And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shattered... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 páginas
...In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; 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 of straw, A crust of bread, and rags. That shattered roof— and this naked floorA table —... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 páginas
...double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages 1 A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shattered roof — and this naked floorA table... | |
 | 1863 - 150 páginas
...thread, a shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death — that phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, it seems so like...seems so like my own, because of the fasts I keep : Alas ! that bread should be so dear, aud flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work —... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 páginas
...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, It seems so like...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast4 I keep : 0 G8d ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! 6. "Work — work... | |
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