 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...his terrible shape, it seems so like my own. It seems so like my own, because of the fasts I keep ; O God, that bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood...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 I thank... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1874 - 522 pages
...should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags j 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...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... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...terrible shape, it seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, because of the fasts I keep : Alas ! that bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood...bed of straw — a crust of bread —and rags ; That shattered roof -this naked floor — a table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow... | |
 | W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878 - 174 pages
...terrible shape, it seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, because of the fasts I keep : Alas ! that bread should be so dear, and flesh and: blood...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... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 pages
...cheap ! » She would rather ba a slave to the Turk thaa a Christian woman, with euch a life an hers. " Work ! work ! work ! My labour never flags ; And what...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... | |
 | Maude Stanley - 1878 - 314 pages
...pathetically ? Have we not all felt the truth of these words of Hood ? — " Work — work — work ! Thy labour 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... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1879 - 304 pages
...labour in Massachusetts emphasize even these well-known lines of Thomas Hood's : "Work, work, work, And my labour 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... | |
 | 1885 - 650 pages
...still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the ' Song of the Shirt ! ' "'Work! work! workl 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 I thank... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1880 - 480 pages
...Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I " 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... | |
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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! 
