| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 psl.
...dream f " O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you "re wearing out! But human creatures' lives I Stitch stitch ...It seems so like my own Because of the fasts I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1 ' ' Work work work !... | |
| 740 psl.
...dear, O ! men, with mothers and wives, It is uot linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch, stitch, stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt,...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 psl.
...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,...seems so like my own Because of the fasts I keep, O, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work work work ! My... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 psl.
...O ! Men ! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives? Stitch stitch stitch, In poverty, hunger,...like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh ! God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work work work ; My labour... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 psl.
...poverty, hunger an dirt, Sewing at »иге, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt *). Bat why do I talk of Death ? That Phantom of grisly bone,...like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! **) Work ! work ! work ? My labour never... | |
| 1847 - 800 psl.
...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... It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts 1 keep, U God ! that bread should be to dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work, work, work ! My... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 psl.
...hunger an dirt, Sewing at once, with a doable thread, Л Shroud as well as a Shirt *). But why do [ talk of Death? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly...like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! ") Work ! work ! work ! My labour never... | |
| 1844 - 878 psl.
...O ! men, with mothers and wives I It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch stitch stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and...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... | |
| 1846 - 608 psl.
...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,... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 psl.
...Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch stitch stitch ! In poverty, hunger,...my own It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep : Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work work... | |
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