 | 1846 - 332 páginas
...the Spring. ' Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would...their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Would hinder the needle and thread.' Monday Morning. On Sunday, nobody stirred in the house till very... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 páginas
...And yet, oh yet, that many a Dame Would dream the Lady's Dream ! I'ART ii. 15 THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and threadStitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,... | |
 | 1848 - 592 páginas
...as a shirt. " ' 0 but for one short hour, A respite, however brief, No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief. A little weeping would ease my breast, Rut in their briny bed My tears must stop, lor every drop Hinders needle and thread.' " Never,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 páginas
...costs a meal! " Oh ! but for one short hour! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would...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... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 páginas
...but 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...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 - 430 páginas
...costs a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heartBut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" With fingers... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1850 - 432 páginas
...sometimes falling there ! " and to similar dens where, as now, " With fingers weary and worn, \Vith eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread " All praise to him, too, for that companion piece, "The Bridge of Sighs," where he sees, in one of... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 páginas
...costs a meal ! " Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would...weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ! Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | 1843 - 424 páginas
...mournful echo In the hearts of nme who read it, even among us. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. BY THOMAS HOOD. WITH fingers weary and worn, 'With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rage, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 páginas
...short hour, To know I am fit to stand In white array by the altar's side, And clasp a loyal hand ! A little weeping would ease my heart ; « But in their briny bed The tears must stop. I must win to-night : — They would make my eyelids red. With a voice of beguiling... | |
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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... 
