 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 pages
...that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! 6. " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust ef bread — and rags; That shattered roof — and this naked floor — » A table — a broken cliair... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...Shirt. 475 It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep. Oh ! God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work...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,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 pages
...— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so tlear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! Work ! work ! work...wages ? a bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags. That shatter'd roof— and this naked fluorA table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 456 pages
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 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 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 shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1 "Work— work— work 1 My labor never lla«;s ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shatter'd roof— and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank my... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1889 - 430 pages
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 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1870 - 312 pages
...grievously felt ; and have more than once called for the interference of Government. It is as Hood said : " Work, work, work ! My labour never flags ; And what...wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A... | |
 | Robert Inglis - 1870 - 592 pages
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 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work 1 My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. This shattered roof — and this naked floor A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my... | |
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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 shattered roof and this naked floor, a table, a broken chair, and a wall so blank, my shadow I thank for sometimes falling there. 
