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... The New Mirror - Seite 332herausgegeben von - 1843Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sang this ' ' Song of the Shirt ! " TBE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. ONE more unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 Seiten
...Stitch! stitch! stitch! ID poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this „Song of the Shirt!" *) *) SOTit Ringern míibc unb matt, mit Xugenlibern fdjroer unb rott), fufi ein SGSeib in unmeiblidjen... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 Seiten
...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 Shirt I" " Work 1 work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And... | |
| 1844 - 878 Seiten
...red, A woman sat in unwomanly racs, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — rtiteh— otiteh ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone eould reach the llich Sue song this ' Song of the Shirt I" GRATIFYING FACTS... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 Seiten
...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 — Would that its tone could reach the rich !She sung this " Song of the shirt !" NEW AND VALUABLE... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...heavy and red, A woman eat, 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 Shirt !" " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof!... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 Seiten
...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 — Would that its tone could reach the rich !She sung this " Song of the shirt !" Glimpses of... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...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 — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sang this " Song of the Shirt !" SILENCE.... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 Seiten
...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, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt !" Of the longer... | |
| 1846 - 302 Seiten
...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 Shirt !' " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof !... | |
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