 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 sivua
...— But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread I" 11. Wifli fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...poverty, hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of doTorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sung this "Song of Hie Shirt!"... | |
 | Stephen C. Massett - 1863 - 388 sivua
...recitation of the " Song of a Shirt." It was something like this : With fingers weary and worn — (echo) With eyelids heavy and red A woman sat in unwomanly...and dirt And still with a voice of dolorous pitch worn. red. K !i R S dead. ditch. hurt. stitch. She sang the Song of a Shirt . . And so on. dirt I As... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 522 sivua
...THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly raga, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch!...work — work, Till the stars shine through the roof! It 's 0 ! to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save. If this... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 490 sivua
...But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! " With ringers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman...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 ! " 11* THE... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 sivua
...heart ; But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...and dirt ; And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. " Drowned ! drowned !" — HAMLET.... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 sivua
...heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread ! ' With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...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 ! ' T. Hood. XL LESSONS... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 sivua
...heart; But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread 1" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich I She sang this " Song of the Shirt." THOU AS °Hoo». CLXXXV.—... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 sivua
...weakness, Her evil behaviour, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and...Oh ! to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work — work — work Till the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 sivua
...heart, But, in their briny bed, My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread I" XI. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch— Would that its tone could reach the rich I— She sung this " Song of the Shirt " EXERCISE LIH. MAN'S... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 sivua
...heart} But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !" 11. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,...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... | |
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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 reach the... 
