 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, — Would that its tone could...  Poems - Página 192de Thomas Hood - 1846 - 229 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 páginas
...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 Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt." THE RRIDGE OF SIGHS.... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 páginas
...heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread, StitchI stitch I stitch I In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, "Work I workI work I While the cock is crowing aloof I And work — work — work — Till the stars... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 páginas
...eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch! stitch I stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with...— work — work While the cock is crowing aloof I And work — work — work Till the stars shine through the roof I It 'soli! to be a slave Along... | |
 | 1974 - 2200 páginas
...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...Shirt." Work. work, work, While the cock is crowing aloft. And work, work. work. Till the stars shine through the roof. It's O to be a slave Stitch, stitch,... | |
 | 1933 - 668 páginas
...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...She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" "Work! Work! Work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags, That shattered... | |
 | Denys Thompson - 1978 - 252 páginas
...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...of dolorous pitch She sang the 'Song of the Shirt!' It had an enormous vogue; was widely imitated, and was frequentlv 159 quoted in sermons. His point... | |
 | Pauline Adams, Emma S. Thornton - 1982 - 164 páginas
...poem: With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still...dolorous pitch, She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" "O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human... | |
 | George Fitzhugh - 1960 - 310 páginas
...and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch — stitch — stitchl In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still, with a voice...While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — workl Till the stars shine through the roof! It's Ol to be a slave, Along with the barbarous Turk,... | |
 | Peter Scheckner - 1989 - 360 páginas
...With eyelids heavy and red, A Woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, 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!' The Penguin Book of Socialist... | |
 | Ron Burnett - 1991 - 324 páginas
...weary and worn With eyelids heavy and red, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch—Stitch—StitchIn poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch Would that its tone would reach the rich She sang the Song of the Shirt. The Song of the Shirt, in... | |
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