 Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures  Our National Sinews; or, a word on, to, and for the working classes - Page 46by Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855Full view - About this book
 | 1867 - 854 pages
...dcspairin' Ca' them lives. o' men! 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.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till 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 out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pages
...gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till 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 out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...and band ; Band, and gusset, and seam ; Till 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 i . not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch, In poverty,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 310 pages
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 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till 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 out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...and band ; Band, and gusset, and seam ; Till 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 out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger, and... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till 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 out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch—stitch—stitch! In poverty, hunger, and... | |
 | 1850 - 98 pages
...are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band — Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep. And sew them on in a dream! Oh men,...dear! Oh 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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 350 pages
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