 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...tuft floating on the slightest breeze bears with it the germs of a noxious weed. 14 ong of tye |[iirt WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt !" " Work !— work ! — work ! While the the cock is crowing aloof... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - Elocution - 1853 - 580 pages
...one weightier theme, — oh ! need I mention DINNER T EXERCISE CLXXV. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. Hood. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt ! " "Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! It's oh !... | |
 | Industries - 1853 - 102 pages
...their brinv bed My tears must stop, lor every drop Hinders needle unJ thread." " With fingers wcnry and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat...In poverty hunger and dirt, And still with a voice ol dolorous pitch. Would that its tuns could reach the iicft* She sang this "Sony of the Shirt!" THE... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...of human kind. CHASLES LAi THOMAS HOOD. 187 0f % WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy aud red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt." " Work — work — work ! While the cock is crowing aloof: And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 428 pages
...rneal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease...with a voice of dolorous pitch — • Would that its tone could reach the rich !— » She sung this " Song of the shirt !" VALUABLE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt ! " " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work... | |
 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 pages
...suppose the celebrated Thomas Hood had this case under his eye when he penned the "SONG OF THE SHIRT. " With fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the song of the shirt. Work, work, work, While the cock is crowing aloof. And work, work,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1854 - 424 pages
...her rest. — Cross her hands humbly As if praying dumbly, Over her breast ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt ! " " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - Christian life - 1854 - 270 pages
...there." " 0 ! hut for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for love and hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" HOOD. It is said by the Political Economist, that " the lowest point to which wages can be permanently... | |
 | 1854 - 212 pages
...Hood,— " 0 ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love and hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease...briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders my needle and thread." True it is, however, that the want of a comfortable home has caused many such... | |
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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... 
