 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1876 - 458 pages
...laughter Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old. MacavJay. The Song of the Shirt. With fingers weary and worn,...and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, "Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work — work — work — Till the stars... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...see How much of happiness there was after that misery. From the Danish of HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn,...work — work Till the stars shine through the roof! It 's, 0, to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...And in her blood she sank to earth, and with one sob she died ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. — (Hood.) WITH fingers weary and worn, with eyelids heavy and...aloof! " And work ! work ! work ! till the stars shine thro' the roof. It's oh ! to be a slave along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1877 - 104 pages
...With gravel and sod, Hide, hide her from God And the light of the sun ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. i ITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...of dolorous pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt I" " Work ' work ! work ! While the cock -is crowing aloof! And work — work — work, Till the stars... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...: Give me from some kind hand a flower, The record of one happy hour. MRS. HEMANS: Women and Fame. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...dolorous pitch. She sang the " Song of the Shirt." 668 WOMAN. By custom doom'd to folly, sloth, and ease, No wonder I'ope such female triflers sees ;... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...With eyelids heavy and red, A woman eat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch I stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; And...work — work, Till the stars shine through the roof t It 's oh ! to be a slave Along with the barbarous Tnrk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...brow severe, And, " I am happiness," he said, " If Virtue guides thee here." THOMAS HOOD. 1798—1845. SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With...work — work Till the stars shine through the roof! It 's oh to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1880 - 480 pages
...its minted coins express. Now slamp'd with the image of Good Queen Bess, And nnw of a Bloody Mary, THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn,...pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt." " Work ! work I work ! While the cock is crowing aloof I And work — work — work, Till the stars shine through... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...SHIRT. AViTH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, I'lying thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou...WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. TO THE HARVEST MOON. PLEASING It 's, O, to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...breast! Owning her weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving with meekness Her sins to her Saviour. in l , It's O ! to be a slave, Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this... | |
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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 She sang the "Song of the... 
