Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear!... Rural Repository - Page 1361843Full view - About this book
| 1824 - 706 pages
...is the humble, it is the mass, which now inspire the pen of genius. Those that " Work, work, work, Till the brain begins to swim ; Work, work, work, Till the eyes are heavy and dim." It is the wrongs of these, which make genius glow with fervor, and unwonted fire; and, in solving the... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work! ' ' Work — work — work Till the brain begins to swim! Work — work — work...the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset, and baud, Band, and gusset, and seam — Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream... | |
| George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pages
...Turk, Where woman han never a eoul to save, if this IS Cbristian work ! " Work — work' — work — Till the brain begins to swim, Work — work— work,...the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and hand, Band, and gusset, and Seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream !... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - Great Britain - 1844 - 316 pages
...barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a sonl to save, If this is Christian work! ") Work ! work ! work ! Till the brain begins to swim; Work! work! work! Till...Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep And sew them on in a dream ! *") *) SRit gingern, raube unb... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work — work— work Till the brain begins to swim ; Work — work —...Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons 1 fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream. " O ! Men, with sisters dear... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work. " ' Work — work — work, Till the brain begins to swim ; Work — work —...Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I full asleep. And saw them on in a dream. '"O! Men, with Sisters dear... | |
| 1844 - 878 pages
...barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to savo, If this is Christian work 1 Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to swim ! Work — work — work ! Till the eyes arc heavy and dim ! Scam, and gusset, and band, 13and, and gusset, and scorn, Till over the buttons... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save If THIS is Christian work ! '• Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to swim ; Work — work —...Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Where woman has never a soul to save, — If TRIS is Christian work. ! f " Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to swim ; Work — work —...Seam, and gusset, and band ; Band, and gusset, and seam ; Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear... | |
| Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...Turk, Where woman has never a soul to gave If THIS is Christian work ! '• Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to swim ; Work — work —...Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear... | |
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