 O men with Sisters dear ! 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.  Reisen in England und Wales - Page 224by Johann Georg Kohl - 1844Full view - About this book
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...comes to the fourth verse — " O ! men, with sisters dear, O ! men, with mothers and wives, It is uot 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." " Stop," says a Spitalfields... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...over the buttons 1 fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream. " O ! Men, with sisters dear ! O ! Men ! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing...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... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...asleep, And sew them on in a dream 1 0 ! men, with sisters near ! О ! men, with mothers and wir« ! ܘ/ L +n,; 0 ڍ| ] : . and dirt, Sowing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as welt os a shirt. But why do I talk of Death... | |
 | 1867 - 854 pages
...The reader may remember a later echo of .the same wild figure — Oh, men with sisters dear ! Oh, men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives. Lady Nairne has many stirring and sweet Jacobite songs. She had more title to Jacobite association,... | |
 | 1846 - 608 pages
...Till over the buttons I full asleep. And saw them on in a dream. '"O! Men, with Sisters dear ! O! Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lived! Stitch — stich — stitch. In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing nt onre, with a double thread,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing...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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pages
...over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It i . 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 SRROUD as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing...! Stitch— stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; Sewing at once, with a double thread, A SRRoDii as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing...! Stitch— stitch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt Sewing at once, with a double thread, A SHBOUD as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of... | |
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