 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 páginas
...hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And...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 : A shattered... | |
 | W M H - 1851 - 786 páginas
...pecuniary inducement ? The vast sum of £50 per annum, or somewhere about 1.9s. 2d. per week \ Woe's me, that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I Are the Governors serious ? or do they expect applications from any but Irish hedge-schoolmasters... | |
 | 1852 - 1080 páginas
...of Death ! That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my ownIt seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep,...bread should be so dear. And flesh and blood so cheap 1 Work—work—work ; My labour never flags; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread—and... | |
 | 1852 - 318 páginas
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fnsts I keep, — Oh ! God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I Who could... | |
 | 1853 - 442 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, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labour... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 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, And flesh and blood so cheap ! « Work — work — work ! My... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 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...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 !... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 páginas
...double thread, A siinuuu 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 1 keep : 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh aud blood so cheap ! " Work — work... | |
 | 1853 - 528 páginas
...cold river—not more cold or silent than that world which misery taught them to know, and to cry— " Oh God, that bread should be so dear And flesh and blood so cheap." If we analyse the statistics of the City Missions, we find that some women are thrown upon the streets... | |
 | MR. Bathan and S.D. Harris, Editor - 1853 - 404 páginas
...But why do I talk of Death, That phantom of grizzly bone ? 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, It seemi so like my own,— It seems so like my own, Because of the fast 1 keep : Oh God ! that Bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap." In America, there... | |
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