 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.  Poems - Page 47by Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...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...gusset, and band ; Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd As well as the weary hand ! " Work — work — work, In the dull December light, And work... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...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,...and band, — Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. " Work— work — work! In the dull December light, And work... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...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...gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the beart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! "Work — work — work, In the dull... | |
 | Proteus (pseud.) - 1846 - 1018 pages
...Till the brain began to swim; Work — work — work, Till the eyes were heavy and dim ! VOL. III. I Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and bandOft would the weeping Annie implore her desistance — and she would double her accustomed quota.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...thank For sometimes falling there! " Work—work—work! From weary chime to chime; Work—work—work! As prisoners work, for crime! Band, and gusset, and...gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand! "Work—work—work, In the dull December light: And work—work—work!... | |
 | George Moore - 1846 - 452 pages
...as they aptly term it, or starved subsistence, by making shirts at five farthings a piece ! These " Work — work — work, From weary chime to chime...Work — work — work, As prisoners work for crime." It is true that a solacing thought may spring up, like starlight in the darkness of such an existence,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...his soul — the immortal spirit of the man is unmanned, brutified, demoralised, and destroyed.' • Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime. Work, work, work ! As prisoners work for crime ! Work, work, work ! In the dull December light, And work, work, work ! When the weather is warm and... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...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...gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! " Work — work — work, In the dull December light ; And work... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...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...gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work — work ! In the dull December light! And work... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 pages
...For sometimes falling there ! " Work—work—work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work—work—work ! As prisoners work, for crime ! Band, and gusset, and...gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! " Work—work—work, In the dull December light ; And work—work—work... | |
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