 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...[1798-1845.] THE SONO OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary anil worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman aat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread, —...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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 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 Pope such female triflers sees ; Nor,... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 pages
...brightness of 9. We shall make this a glorious, an immortal day. LV.— SONG OF THE SHIRT. "TTT^ITH fingers weary and worn, ' * With eyelids heavy and...dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt!" 2. "Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — work, Till the stars shine... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 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,...of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt !" ' t Work ! work ! work While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work — work — work Till the stars... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...could I die, Did I but ken your heart still dreamed SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES. THOMA8 HOOD. [1798-1845.l THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn,...of dolorous pitch, She sang the "Song of the Shirt !" "WorkI work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work — work — .work, Till the stars... | |
 | 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 ;... | |
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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... 
