 O men with mothers and wives ! it is not linen you're wearing out, but human creatures' lives. 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 ?...  The New Mirror - Page 332edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...that bread should be so dear?. And flesh and blood so cheap !. " Work — work — work I 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... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh God 1 that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood...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... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...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 —... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and...flags ; And what are its wages ? a bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags. That shatter'd roof—and this naked floorA table—a broken chair— And... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own — ' It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and...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 pages
...— It 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...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! 6. " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! 6. "Work — work — work! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shatter' (1 roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1864 - 490 pages
...! 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 roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken... | |
 | Richard Newton - Bible - 1864 - 216 pages
...band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages 1 A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A... | |
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