 Work — work — work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags, That shattered roof — and this naked floor • A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling...  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal - Page 471844Full view - About this book
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...halte, O ®ott ! baf йЧ-оЬ fo t&euer tfi unb gleifcl) unb SBlut fo 2>aé Sieb ber SWbertn. 207 And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes...work! work — As prisoners work for crime ! Band, and gösset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heard is sick, and the brain beoumb'd, As well... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - Great Britain - 1844 - 316 pages
...gieidj, wegen ber gaften, bie iá) íjalte. O ®ott ! baf Stob fo tbeuer ift unb unb SSlut fo bfflíg ! And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! *) t. Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime, Work ! work! work — As prisoners work for crime... | |
 | 1847 - 800 pages
...work, work ! My labor never flags ; And what arc its wa»es? A bed of straw — A crust of bread — and rags. That shattered roof— and this naked floor — A table — a broken cbair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there. 0 ! but to breathe the... | |
 | Grace Webster - 1845 - 910 pages
...Law, who forthwith set out upon his long journey. CHAPTER III. A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags, That shattered roof — and this naked floor,...— my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! PUNCH. THE miser's hut was on a moor, and so low that at a little distance it appeared but as a slight... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 pages
...work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shattered roof — and this naked floor...— work ' From weary chime to chime, Work — work — workAs prisoners work for crime ! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till... | |
 | George Moore - Mind and body - 1846 - 452 pages
...as they aptly term it, or starved subsistence, by making shirts at five farthings a piece ! These " Work — work — work, From weary chime to chime...Work — work — work, As prisoners work for crime." It is true that a solacing thought may spring up, like starlight in the darkness of such an existence,... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...bed of straw, A crust of bread—and rags : A shattered roof—and this naked floor— A table—a broken chair— And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! " Work—work—work! From weary chime to chime; Work—work—work! As prisoners work, for crime!... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...his soul — the immortal spirit of the man is unmanned, brutified, demoralised, and destroyed.' • Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime. Work, work, work ! As prisoners work for crime ! Work, work, work ! In the dull December light, And work, work, work ! When the weather is warm and... | |
 | Poetry - 1849 - 314 pages
...work! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw. A i-rnst of bread — and rags: A shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table...blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there!" — HOOD. 1 HAD seated myself, after a day of unusual application! to the enjoyment of a prime old... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 pages
...A bed of straw A crust of bread—and rags : A shattered roof—and this naked floor— A table—a broken chair— And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work—work—work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work—work—work ! As prisoners work, for crime... | |
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