 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 480 halaman
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death, That Phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...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 !... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 785 halaman
...double thread, A siinuuu as well as a shirt! " But 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 the fast 1 keep : 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh aud blood so cheap ! " Work — work... | |
 | 1853
...cold river—not more cold or silent than that world which misery taught them to know, and to cry— " Oh God, that bread should be so dear And flesh and blood so cheap." If we analyse the statistics of the City Missions, we find that some women are thrown upon the streets... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Swift - 1853 - 120 halaman
...battle's roll; Thine, if remains a fragment yet To hold thy noble souL 10 CRY OF THE FAMISHING IRISH. "O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap '"' We're starving ! we perish ! our little ones die; The wail of the mother ascendeth on high; Moveless... | |
 | MR. Bathan and S.D. Harris, Editor - 1853
...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
...still reverberates throughout the land. It tells the same dismal story, in the same sad accents : — Work — work — work : My labour never flags ; And what are its wages 7 A lied of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shatter'd roof— and this nuked floor — A... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 halaman
...double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A... | |
 | 1854
...phantom of grisly bone," it is said, '' I hardly fear its terrible shape, It seems so like my ownIt seems so like my own — Because of the fasts I keep....should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap." Similar in spirit to these two poems, and still more artistic and powerful, though not so well known,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 490 halaman
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...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
...double thread A shroud as well as a shirt. But 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 the fast I keep ; Oh ! God that bread should be eo dear, And flesh and blood so cheap. Work, work, work,... | |
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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 ! But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems... 
