 | Mary Milner - 1849 - 808 halaman
...its monotonous, wearying task. Hood has graphically described her in his " Song of the Shirt," as " Sewing at once with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." completed, or her merciless employer will refuse her the scanty, hardlyearned pittance, which, when... | |
 | 1848 - 592 halaman
...bitter grief— " ' О men with sisters dear, О men with mothers and wives, 'Tis not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives. Stitch, stitch,...with a double thread A shroud as well as a shirt. " ' 0 but for one short hour, A respite, however brief, No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only... | |
 | 1847 - 1160 halaman
...and dirt.... Et combien de mots ne faudrait-il pas pour rendre les deux vers qui suivent ceux-ci : Sewing at once, with a double thread A Shroud as well as a Shirt! Pourtant, ça et là, éclatent des pensées tout-à-fait shakespeariennes : « Que parle-je de la... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 halaman
...I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch —...why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ; I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 halaman
...in a dream ! 0 ! men, with sisters dear ! O ! men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch —...do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own. It seems so like my own, Because of the... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 424 halaman
...wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch—stitch—stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt. Sewing at once, with...why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ; I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own— It seems so like my own, Because of... | |
 | 1850 - 98 halaman
...them on in a dream! Oh men, with sisters dear! Oh men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch!...with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! 34 25 THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING, BOYS. Poetry by Charles Muckuy, LL.U.— Music by Henry Ku-s. li.... | |
 | 1853 - 386 halaman
...fourth verse — " 0 ! men, with sisters dear, O ! men, with mothers and wives, It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch,...with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." " Stop," says a Spitalfields weaver, " God plants truth in the hearts of men, and this is of it." "... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 halaman
...SHIRT. 101 " Oh, men ! with sisters dear ! Oh, men ! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch !...do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the... | |
 | 1843 - 424 halaman
...in a dream ! " O ! men, with sisters dear! O ! men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures lives ! Stitch —...Shroud as well as a Shirt. " But why do I talk of Death 7 That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my ownIt seems so... | |
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O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch — stitch — stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt — Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt! 
