 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
 | John Bowditch, Clement Ramsland - 1961 - 210 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 bed...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!... | |
 | 1891 - 368 pages
...« Work, work, work ! my labour never flags : — And what are its wages? A bed of straw.... a cust of bread.... and rags; — That shattered roof.......so blank, my shadow I thank for sometimes falling « Work, work, work! from weary chime to chime! — Work, work, work ! as prisoners work for crime.... | |
 | 1901 - 502 pages
...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. "Work—work—work! from weary chime to chime, Work—work—work as prisoners work for crime! Band,... | |
 | 1933 - 668 pages
...dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" "Work! Work! Work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there!" 4. "O men, with sisters dear! О men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But... | |
 | 1974 - 2200 pages
...flag: And what are Its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags. That shattered roof and the naked floor, A 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 a prisoner works for crime. Band,... | |
 | Peter Scheckner - 1989 - 360 pages
...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! 'Work—work—work! From weary chime to chime, Work—work—work— As prisoners work for crime!... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 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! 'Work — work — work! From weary chime to chime, Work — work — work As prisoners work for crime!... | |
 | 1993 - 412 pages
...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...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! Band,... | |
 | Scott Simmon - 1993 - 196 pages
...labour never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread - and rags. That sharter'd roof - and this naked floor A table - a broken chair...so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there!11 The film's plot line, with the consumptive sister and distracted employer, owes nothing to... | |
 | Louise L. Stevenson - 2001 - 274 pages
...begins to swim" and "the eyes are heavy and dim." She compares herself to a slave working for meager wages: ... a bed of straw, A crust of bread — and...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there. She wonders if hers can be called "Christian work" and calls on fathers, brothers, and sons to realize... | |
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