With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could... Poems - Halaman 45oleh Thomas Hood - 1857 - 388 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 halaman
...the heat of summer, Slumbered in the sultry wigwam. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, In unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread,— Stitch! stitch I stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous plica, She sang the "... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 halaman
...stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" 11. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her...and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sang this " Song of the Shirt !" XCVIIL— THE... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 halaman
...stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread! " XI. With fingers weary and worn, ' With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sang this " Song of the Shirt." CXVI. — UNIVERSAL... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 halaman
...stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread I" 11. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her...and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sang this " Song of the Shirt !" XC VIII. —THE... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 halaman
...he's sent above!) , EXERCISE LII. SONG OF THE SHIRT. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread,— Stitch ! stitch ! stitch I In poverty, hunger, and dirt, II. " Work! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work—work—work,... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 758 halaman
...substance. CLVIII.— SONG OF THE SHIRT. FROM HOOD. 1. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, +Plying her needle and thread; Stitch! stitch! stitoh! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of +dolorous pitch, She sang the "Song... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 halaman
...stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch I stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that... | |
| Ebenezer L. Jones - 1867 - 104 halaman
...days. Patriotic feelings. Rhetorical display. BacMors1 buttons. The composure of settled distress. With a voice of dolorous pitch she sang the song of the shirt. Entered at Stationer's Hall. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power. These pleasures, melancholy... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1868 - 544 halaman
...needle' women. See in Index, DOLOROUS, SEW, HOOD. I. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her...dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt." n. " Work ! work! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — work, Till the stars... | |
| Charles Collyns Walkey - 1868 - 76 halaman
...particular instances but in general. — Butler. A. 14. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her...of dolorous pitch She sang the song of the shirt. Oh, men, with sisters dear, Oh, men, with mothers and wives, It is not linen you're wearing out, But... | |
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