 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 586 halaman
...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 on the wall is this — " A wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling... | |
 | Martin John Spalding - 1855 - 698 halaman
...shape. And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank It teems so like my own : — tat sometimes Jailing there. It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, — u 0 ! but to breathe the breath 0 God! that bread should be to dear, . Of the cowslip and primrono... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 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...bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! i( Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust... | |
 | 1856 - 754 halaman
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grfely bone, 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my...bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! Who could confront such burning language as this, and not feel the enormity of the sin denounced... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 halaman
...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 of the fasts I keep. Oh, God ! that hread should he so dear, And flesh and hlood so cheap ! " Work ! work ! work ! My lahour never flags... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 420 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 halaman
...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 seems so like...bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1 6. "Work! work! work! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 halaman
...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 of the fast I keep : O God 1 that hread should he so dear, And flesh and hlood so cheap ! " Work— work—... | |
 | 1857 - 514 halaman
...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... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 halaman
...thread', A shroud as well as a shirt\ 5. " But why do I talk of Death,— That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...should be so dear', And flesh and blood so cheap* ! 6. "Work! work! work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw', A crust of... | |
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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... 
