| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 halaman
...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,...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep. O God ! — that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work !... | |
| 1853 - 560 halaman
...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...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh ! God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work !... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 halaman
...— stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at ouce, with a double thread, A siinuuu as well as a shirt! " But why do I talk of death,...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast 1 keep : 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh aud blood so cheap ! " Work — work... | |
| Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1853 - 204 halaman
...Oh ! 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,...with a double thread, A SHROUD as well as a shirt." Such, then, are some of the features of the Lower Depths of Vice, and the Lower Depths of Destitution.... | |
| MR. Bathan and S.D. Harris, Editor - 1853 - 404 halaman
...But why do I talk of Death, That phantom of grizzly bone ? 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, It seemi so like my own,— It seems so like my own, Because of the fast 1 keep : Oh God ! that Bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap." In America, there... | |
| 1853 - 588 halaman
...out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch 1 stitch ! stitch ! Through poverty, hunger, and dirt, Scwing at once, with a double thread, 'A shroud as well as a skirt \" We are truly glad to see young girls standing at the counter selling goods ; it suits them... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 halaman
...Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger,...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work !... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 halaman
...O, men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger,...seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; O, God ! that bread, should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work !... | |
| Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 halaman
...dear, Oh ! men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you are wearing out, But human creatures lives. Stitch, stitch, stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt;...like my own. It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep ; Oh ! God that bread should be eo dear, And flesh and blood so cheap. Work, work, work,... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 428 halaman
...Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger,...hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my ownIt seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And... | |
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