 | Richard Newton - 1861 - 326 pages
...It was called " The Song of the Shirt." It described a poor woman at her work, iu this way : — " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rag Plying her needle and thread — • Stitch— stitch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1862 - 522 pages
...brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop,...and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat hi unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread - Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...; it is difficult to say in which he excelled; he held the master key to each avenue to the heart.} WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...Plying her needle and thread, — Stitch ! stitch I stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the "... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed - i, My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders the needle and thread ! With fingers weary and worn, With...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... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - 1863 - 250 pages
...however brief, No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief. A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed, My tears must stop, for every drop, Hinders needle and thread.. " I should have been comparatively happy if I could only, with all my strenuous exertions and rigid... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...brief! No blessed leisure for love t>r hope, But only time for grief! . A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread I" 11. Wifli fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread 1 " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " 11. With fingers weary and worn, Stitch *— stitch — stitch — In poverty, hunger, and dirt,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 490 pages
...however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop,...for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With ringers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 522 pages
...weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly raga, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still... | |
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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 the... 
