 Work, work, work! From weary chime to chime ; Work, work, work, As prisoners work for crime : Band and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand.  The New Mirror - Page 332edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof— and this naked floor— A table — a broken...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! " Work — work —... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...never flags ; And what arc its wages ! A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shatter' d roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken...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 —... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof— and this naked floor — A table — a broken...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the beart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! "Work — work —... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...Hags ; And what are its' wages ? A bed of straw, And a crust of bread — and rags ; That shatter'd roof; and this naked floor ; A table, a broken chair,...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... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 pages
...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...— work ' From weary chime to chime, Work — work — workAs prisoners work for crime ! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till... | |
 | Proteus (pseud.) - 1846 - 1018 pages
...Till the brain began to swim; Work — work — work, Till the eyes were heavy and dim ! VOL. III. I Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and bandOft would the weeping Annie implore her desistance — and she would double her accustomed quota.... | |
 | George Moore - 1846 - 452 pages
...as they aptly term it, or starved subsistence, by making shirts at five farthings a piece ! These " Work — work — work, From weary chime to chime...Work — work — work, As prisoners work for crime." It is true that a solacing thought may spring up, like starlight in the darkness of such an existence,... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...bed of straw, A crust of bread—and rags : A shattered roof—and this naked floor— A table—a broken chair— And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! " Work—work—work! From weary chime to chime; Work—work—work! As prisoners work, for crime!... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...his soul — the immortal spirit of the man is unmanned, brutified, demoralised, and destroyed.' • Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime. Work, work, work ! As prisoners work for crime ! Work, work, work ! In the dull December light, And work, work, work ! When the weather is warm and... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...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...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work —... | |
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