 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, Would that its tone could reach the...  Songs of Three Centuries - Seite 160herausgegeben von - 1875 - 352 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 Seiten
...ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Eich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt ! " THE LADY'S DEEAM.... | |
 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 Seiten
...ease my heart, But in their briny bed, My tears must stop for ev'ry drop Hinders needle and thread. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tones could reach the rich. She sang the song of the shirt." Oh dreadful selfishness... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 Seiten
...case my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...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 ! " THE LADY'S... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 Seiten
...large discourse, that looks before and after.' He ceases to be a man, and becomes a thing." — Parker. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...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 shine... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 Seiten
...ease my heart, Bat in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !'' With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and flirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 420 Seiten
...iny heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...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 ! " THE LADY'S DREAM.... | |
 | 1857 - 452 Seiten
...ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tones could reach the rich ! — She sang this " Song of the Shirt!" THOMAS HOOD.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 Seiten
...and tindissolubly united with the + celestial substance. CLVIII. — SONG OF THE SHIRT. FROM HOOD. 1. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, 2. " Work I work! work 1 While the cock is crowing aloof! And work! work I work ! Till the stars shine... | |
 | Joseph Howe - 1858 - 664 Seiten
...might have been good ground of complaint. There was a little poem of Hood's, that began thus: — •'' With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...dolorous pitch, She sang 'the song of the Shirt.'" The author of these lines has recently been pensioned, and I have no doubt, whenever our " Song of... | |
 | Joseph Howe - 1858 - 668 Seiten
...Hood's, that began thus : — " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman Eat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch!...dolorous pitch, She sang 'the song of the Shirt.'" The author of these lines has recently been pensioned, and I have no doubt, whenever our " Song of... | |
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