 Work, work, work! From weary chime to chime ; Work, work, work, As prisoners work for crime : Band and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand.  Labor, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 182by Joseph Cook - 1880 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...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',...blank', my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there* ? 7 " Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime ! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset,... | |
 | Plague Spot - 1859 - 632 pages
...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 ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...keep, Oh 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...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime ! Work — -work — work, As prisoners work... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages? A bed of straw A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof— and this naked floor — A table...blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work I As prisoners work,... | |
 | John Blackmore (lieut.) - 1860 - 344 pages
...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...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there. " Oh, men, with sisters dear ! Oh, men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you 're wearing out,... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...its wages ? 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 I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime, Work ! work ! work ! As prisoners work for crime... | |
 | Ellen Barlee - 1860 - 262 pages
...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 falling there." HOOD. BEFORE closing the subject of the needlewomen,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...O, God ! 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...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! "Work -— work — work I From weary ehime to chime.. Work — work — work, As prisoners work... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 520 pages
...keep; O, 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...table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shallow I thauk For sometimes falling there ! • ' Work — work — work ! From weary chime to-chime,... | |
 | Richard Newton - 1861 - 290 pages
...work ! My labour never flags; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and ra^s. That shattered roof— and this naked floor— A table—...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there. " Work— work — work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work— work — work ! As prisoners work for... | |
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