 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...so extreme ; And yet, oh yet, that many a Dame Would dream the Lady's Dream ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and threadStitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,... | |
 | 1850 - 98 pages
...! we are saved !' THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. Poetry by the late Thomas Hood.— Music by Henry BuMell. WITH fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and...unwomanly rags. Plying her needle and thread. Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 pages
...sometimes falling there ! " and to similar dens where, as now, " With fingers weary and worn, \Vith eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread " All praise to him, too, for that companion piece, "The Bridge of Sighs," where he sees, in one of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart — But in their...unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch —... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their...unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their...weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ! Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | 1843 - 424 pages
...mournful echo In the hearts of nme who read it, even among us. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. BY THOMAS HOOD. WITH fingers weary and worn, 'With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rage, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 pages
...short hour, To know I am fit to stand In white array by the altar's side, And clasp a loyal hand ! A little weeping would ease my heart ; « But in their briny bed The tears must stop. I must win to-night : — They would make my eyelids red. With a voice of beguiling... | |
 | 1852 - 1080 pages
...blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease my heart. Bat in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop...weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread-— Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | 1853 - 442 pages
...short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love and Hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their...unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ! Stitch !— stitch ! — stitch ! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch —... | |
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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... 
