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 Smith (head master of the Classical sch, Peterborough) - 1864 - 316 pages
...drudges in their " dog holes" the following verses from Thomas Hood, who "sang the Song of the Shirt." « Work— Work— Work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? Л hod of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That sliatter'd roof — and this naked floor- —... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...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...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... | |
| Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 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 shattered roof— and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair... | |
| Christian life - 1866 - 392 pages
...nest in the eaves, is the object of her frequent envy. Well might she use the poet's words : — • " Work— work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags. That shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 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 floor — A table — a broken... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 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; That shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! VI. " 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... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I VI " 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—... | |
| Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I 6. "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... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1862 - 584 pages
...begins to swim ; Work — work — work Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Work — work — wprk ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? — A bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags ! ' us of Prostitution vfrsus Starvation. But here is a case sufficiently in... | |
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