 | Stephen C. Massett - 1863 - 382 pages
...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 She sang the Song of a Shirt . . worn. red. dead. ditch. hurt. stitch. dirt ! And so on. As I am going occasionally to initiate... | |
 | Stephen C. Massett - 1863 - 388 pages
...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 worn. red. K !i R S dead. ditch. hurt. stitch. She sang the Song of a Shirt . . And so on. dirt I As... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pages
...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 tones could reach the rich !) She sang this — " Song of the Shirt." & $salm of fife.... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch I stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt." FIRST NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY.... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt ! " TRY AGAIN.— E. Cook.... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...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 dolorousi piteh, She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" 2. " Work — work — work ! While the cock is... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...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 doTorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sung this "Song of Hie Shirt!"... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...rah-pnk-keena; " And the guests of Hiawatha, Weary with the heat of summer, Slumbered in the sultry wigwam. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...hunger, and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous plica, She sang the " Song of the Shirt" PATHOS. As thorn we lore decay, we die In part, String after... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...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 reach the rich !— THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. " Drowned ! drowned !" — HAMLET.... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...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 reach the Rich ! She sang this ' Song of the Shirt ! ' T. Hood. XL LESSONS... | |
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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 reach... 
