 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 552 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...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work... | |
 | Ellen Henrietta Ranyard - 1861
...XL (Shis' lows anfr (J "For gin.shops and beer-shops, let us give them Dormitories and Kitchens." " Work — work — 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 table... | |
 | Richard Newton - 1861 - 342 halaman
...band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Work— work— 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... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862
...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...so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh God 1 that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labour... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1862
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; 0, God ! that bread should be so dear. And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shattered... | |
 | English poets - 1862
...In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as veil as a shirt. " Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages 1 A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags. That shattered roof— and this naked floorA table —... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863
...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 1 A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shattered roof — and this naked floorA table... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. But why do 1 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 floorA table—a... | |
 | 1863
...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 : Alas ! that bread should be so dear, aud flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work —... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 600 halaman
...thread, A SHROUD as well as a shirt ! 5. " But why do I talk of death, • That phantom of grisly bonef I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast4 I keep : 0 G8d ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! 6. "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... 
