 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, She sang the "Song of the Shirt.  The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood - Page 125by Thomas Hood - 1864 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pages
...for poor suffering humanity than a thousand homilies, or all the arguments of the preem. With fingen weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rugs, Plying her needle and tbread — Stitсh ! stitrh ! stilch '. In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...tears shall be wiped from many a mourner's eye, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt I" " Work 1 work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...unb 3»irn ! A Woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch! stitch! stitch! ID poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice...reach the Rich ! She sang this „Song of the Shirt!" *) *) SOTit Ringern míibc unb matt, mit Xugenlibern fdjroer unb rott), fufi ein SGSeib in unmeiblidjen... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...@r{gebirgea unb an= berer Orte ju Siebe e¿ beffer úberfe^en möge, The Song of the Shirt. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A Woman...her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! la poverty, hunger, and dirt, *)'<Se Cat fid) forbid), wie une bie Rettungen bcrtdjtetcn, }u ttyrcn... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...liut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !' With fingers j a YFEU \ } s u H g, [f 3 U G [8,h' zh { ~ 08 nure, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch— stitch— stitch I In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And... | |
 | 1844 - 878 pages
...red, A woman Bat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch— stitch— stitch I In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the ' Song of the Shirt !' ' Work — work — work 1 While the cock is crowing aloof ! And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 310 pages
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 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...me. 2r THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITR fingera weary and wom, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman eat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread —...and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt !" " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pages
...yet, that many a Dame Would dream the Lady's Dream ! PART 11. 15 THE SONG OF THE SHIET. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and threadStitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...yet, that many a Dame Would dream the Lady's Dream ! PART 11. 15 THE SONG OF THE SHIRT, WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and threadStitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,... | |
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