 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
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...hroken chair 1 And a wall so hlank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there I " Work ! work I work ! From weary chime to chime, Work ! work ! work...! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset and hand, Till the heart is sick, and the hrain hcnumh'd, As well as the weary hand. " Work 1 work ! work... | |
 | George Washington Quinby - 1856 - 346 pages
...upon their chairs or stools, or lie down wherever they chance to be, upon the hard, bare floor." " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime...Work — work — work ! As prisoners work, for crime ! And what its wages'! A bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags." This is the condition of more than... | |
 | George Washington Quinby - 1856 - 342 pages
...stools, or lie down wherever they chance to be, upon the hard, bare floor." " Work— work— work! Prom weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work ! As prisoners work, for crime ! And what its wages 1 A led of straw, A crust of bread and rags." This is the condition of more than... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...chair — And a wall so hlank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! 444 HOOD. [VICTORIA " 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... | |
 | 1857 - 452 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...i'blank, my shadow I thank 7. "Work! work! workl From weary '''chime to chime! Work I work I work I As prisoners work for crime! Band, and gusset, and...gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. 8. "Work! work! work! In the dull December light, And work! work!... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...shadow I thank For sometimes falling there* ? 7 " Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime ! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. 8. "Work! work! work! In the dull December light, And work ! work... | |
 | Plague Spot - 1859 - 632 pages
...floor— A table, a broken chair, And a wall BO 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 —... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...— A table — a broken chair — 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... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 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, " Work — work — work ! In the dull December tight, And work — work — work, When the... | |
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