 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855
...antithesis ;) here are a few examples. In the " Song of the Shirt," he tells us that the singer sat " Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." And she cries, " 0, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap !" What handwriting... | |
 | 1855
...employ a few of those accomplished needle-women of whom the poet tells, who, so conveniently, " Sew at once with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt " ? It would at least allow men to be a little more decent and respectable, whether in living, dying,... | |
 | 1855
...antithesis ;) here arc a few Ц>1». In the "Song of the Shirt," he tells ta the ringer eat "Siwipg at once with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." And she cries, " Oh, God ! that bread should ho so dear, And flesh and blood go ch'cap !" What handwriting... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856
...Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' Jives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger,...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... | |
 | 1856
...Sisters dear I 0 ! Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creature's lives ! Stitch— stitch— stitch, In poverty, hunger,...shirt ! But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grfely bone, 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own— It seems so like my own,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856
...SHIRT. 127 " Oh, men ! with sisters dear ! Oh, men ! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch !...poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing, at once, with a douhle thread, A shroud as we'll as a shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 388 halaman
...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 —...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 448 halaman
...a dream. 4. " Oh, men, with sisters dear! Oh, men, with mothers and wives 1 It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives. Stitch! stitch!...with a double thread, A +shroud as well as a shirt. 5. "But why do I talk of Death, That f Phantom of grisly +bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It... | |
 | Historical account - 1857
...mothers and wives, It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives. Stitch ! stiteh ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once...with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! I give but part of the song, but it is sufficient to remind us how fit are these bazaars to teach... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 785 halaman
...ereatures' livcs ! Stiteh — stiteh— stiteh ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a douhle thread, A SHROUD as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly hone ? I hardly fear his terrihle shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because... | |
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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! 
