 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...  Literature for Fifth-reader Grades ... - Page 328de Sherman Williams - 1902Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...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 red,...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. TRERE... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...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 red,...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 !" ... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...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 red,...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." A STARVATION... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...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 red,...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 ! " RADICALISM.... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...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 red,...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—... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...my heartBut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— ,1 ... ... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...all was o'er — Dead silence reign'd around — The clock struck four! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, COATES. " Work — work — work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — work ! Till... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 pages
...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 red,...sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch—stitch—stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitchWould... | |
 | 1850 - 98 pages
...are saved !' THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. Poetry by the late Thomas Hood.— Music by Henry BuMell. WITH fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and red,...And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang I he song of the shirt: — Work, work, work, While the cock is crowing aloof; And work, work, work,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,..."Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — work ! Till the stars shine through the roof! It's oh! to be a slave Along with... | |
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