 O, men, with sisters 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, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt.  The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti - Sivu 182tekijä(t) Thomas Hood - 1881Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sivua
...dear! O men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you "re wearing out! But human creatures' lives I Stitch — stitch — stitch, In poverty, hunger,...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 fasts I keep... | |
 | 740 sivua
...comes to the fourth verse — " O ! men, with sisters dear, O ! men, with mothers and wives, It is uot linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives...with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." " Stop," says a Spitalfields weaver, " God plants truth in the hearts of men, and this is of it." "... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 sivua
...with mothers and wivee ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! sin i'Ii — stitch — stitch. In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double tbread, A sbroud as well as a shirt. " But wby do I talk of Death — That phantom of grisly bone,... | |
 | 1844 - 878 sivua
...Till over the buttons I fall asleep. And sew them on in a dream ! 0 ! men, with sisters dear ! O ! men, with mothers and wives I It is not linen you're...But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly hone, 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own. It Booms so like my own, Because of... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 sivua
...asleep, And sew them on in a dream. " O ! Men, with sisters dear ! O ! Men ! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures'...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 fasts I keep,... | |
 | 1846 - 608 sivua
...human creatures' lived! Stitch — stich — stitch. In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing nt onre, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. " ' But why do I talk of Death > That phantom of grizly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems fo like my own — It seems so like my own,... | |
 | 1844 - 858 sivua
...asleep, And sew them on in a dream 1 0 ! men, with sisters near ! О ! men, with mothers and wir« ! ܘ/ L +n,; 0 ڍ| ] : . Sowing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as welt os a shirt. But why do I talk of Death ? That... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 sivua
...annähe im Kvaume ! 206 So* Sieb bet 0 ! Men, with Sisters dear ! 0 ! Mea , with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures'...lives! Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger an dirt, Sewing at »иге, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt *). Bat why do I talk... | |
 | 1847 - 800 sivua
...her hard condition. The case may apply as well to laborers of the other sex, if not even better. " 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 fasts 1 keep,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 sivua
...asleep, And sew them on in my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures'...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... | |
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