 | Plague Spot - 1859 - 632 pages
...flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work— work— work ! My labour never flags. And what are its wages PA bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags !— That shatter'd roof, and this naked floor— A table, a broken chair, And a wall BO blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...hunger, and dirt, Sewing, at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly...? a bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags. That shatter' d roof — and this naked floorA table — a broken chair ! And a wall so blank, my shadow... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...of Death? That phantom of grisly bone ; I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my ownIt seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep,...? A bed of straw. A crust of bread, and rags. That shattered roof, and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — A wall so blank, my shadow... | |
 | John Blackmore - 1860 - 354 pages
...lines of Hood's we have road long ago, and feel how near we have come to the misery he depicts : — " Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And...— and rags. That shatter'd roof— and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work— work — work ! My labor 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 broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow... | |
 | Ellen Barlee - 1860 - 262 pages
...And sews them on in a dream ! WTork — work — work — Her labour never flags ; And what are her wages ? — A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags, That shatter'd roof, and that naked floor, A table, a broken chair, And a wall so blank, her shadow she thanks For sometimes... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 pages
...hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. *< But why do I talk of Death ? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly...— and rags* That shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank " Work — work —... | |
 | L. N. R., Ellen Henrietta Ranyard - 1861 - 368 pages
...XL (Shis' lows anfr (J "For gin.shops and beer-shops, let us give them Dormitories and Kitchens." " Work — work — work — My labour never flags —...bread, and rags — That shatter'd roof, and this naked floor, A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling... | |
 | Richard Newton - 1861 - 326 pages
...band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Work— work— work ! My labour never flags ; And...— and rags. That shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...that bread should be so dear?. And flesh and blood so cheap !. " Work — work — work I My labor 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 broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow... | |
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Work - work - work! My labour 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 chair And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! 
