 | Joseph Howe - 1858 - 668 страници
...might have been good ground of complaint. There was a little poem of Hood's, that began thus : — " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman Eat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger and... | |
 | Plague Spot - 1859 - 632 страници
...gifted author, — the simple eulogy inscribed upon whose tomb is, "HE SANG 'THE SONG OF THE SHERT.'" " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 страници
...bright : While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and...With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly raga, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ;... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 страници
...and primrose sweet — With tile sky above my head And the grass beneath my feet, For only one sweet hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the...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... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 страници
...Love or Hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny head My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle...sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch» — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 страници
...early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours ! THE SONG OF THE SHIET. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 страници
...hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " O ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief!...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,... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 страници
...hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " 0 ! but for one short hour, A respite however brief! No...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,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 страници
...meal! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their...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,... | |
 | Richard Newton - 1861 - 290 страници
...it. It was called " The Song of the Shirt." It described a poor woman at her work in this way, — " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...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,... | |
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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... 
