 O men with Sisters dear ! O men with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.  The Wheat-sheaf - Page 1451857 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; Sewing at once, with a double thread, A SRRoDii as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ; I hardly fear... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grizly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It neems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh \ God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!" But we liad best pause at once,... | |
 | University magazine - 1846 - 780 pages
...U ! Men, with Mothers and Wires ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch , In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, Л Shroud as well as a Shirt. " ' But why do I talk of Death ? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1849 - 808 pages
...its monotonous, wearying task. Hood has graphically described her in his " Song of the Shirt," as " Sewing at once with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." completed, or her merciless employer will refuse her the scanty, hardlyearned pittance, which, when... | |
 | 1848 - 592 pages
...dear, О men with mothers and wives, 'Tis not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives. Stitch, stitch, stitch — In poverty, hunger, and...with a double thread A shroud as well as a shirt. " ' 0 but for one short hour, A respite, however brief, No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only... | |
 | 1847 - 1160 pages
...and dirt.... Et combien de mots ne faudrait-il pas pour rendre les deux vers qui suivent ceux-ci : Sewing at once, with a double thread A Shroud as well as a Shirt! Pourtant, ça et là, éclatent des pensées tout-à-fait shakespeariennes : « Que parle-je de la... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...O ! men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger,...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! Work — work — work ! My... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger,...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 pages
...wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch—stitch—stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt. Sewing at once, with...my own— It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work—work—work... | |
 | 1850 - 98 pages
...dear! Oh men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt...with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! 34 25 THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING, BOYS. Poetry by Charles Muckuy, LL.U.— Music by Henry Ku-s. li.... | |
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