 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - Počet stránok 562
...it no more of exaggeration than what must be found in all such pictures.* THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. " WITH fingers weary and worn, With eye-lids heavy and...hunger, 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 - 1849 - Počet stránok 424
...backs, And twit me with the Spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet j With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath...sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch—stitch—stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitchWould... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - Počet stránok 446
...beneath my feet; For only one short hour, To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, Oh but for one short hour! A respite however brief!...hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Oh ! that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt! " THE BUCKET. HOOD.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - Počet stránok 430
...blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heartBut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop...hunger and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— ,1 ... ... | |
 | 1850 - Počet stránok 98
...! we are saved !' THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. Poetry by the late Thomas Hood.— Music by Henry BuMell. WITH fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and...hunger, and dirt ; And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang I he song of the shirt: — Work, work, work, While the cock is crowing aloof; And... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - Počet stránok 332
...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work,...hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the Hich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt ! " DEAR IS... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - Počet stránok 780
...sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but lo breathe the breath Of the cowslip and prin*ose sweet ; With the sky above my head, And the grass...hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sung this " Song of the Shirt !" THE LADY'S... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - Počet stránok 768
...cling, As if to show mo their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. " Oh ! but to breathe the breath With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath...hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sung this " Song of the Shirt !" THE LADY'S... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - Počet stránok 362
...large discourse, that looks before and after.' He ceases to be a man, and becomes a thing." — Parker. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...hunger, 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 !... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - Počet stránok 580
...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain bcnun jed, As well as the weary hand. "Work— work— work!...hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — EXERCISE CLXXVI. FREDERIKA BREMER. Anon.... | |
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Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, — With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet! For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal! " Oh but for... 
