 Work, work, work! From weary chime to chime ; Work, work, work, As prisoners work for crime : Band and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand.  The New Republic: Founded on the Natural and Inalienable Rights of Man, and ... - Page 241by E. J. Schellhous - 1883 - 354 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...Because of the fast4 I keep : 0 G8d ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! 6. "Work — work — work! My labor never flags ; And...wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shatter' (1 roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair' — And a wall so blank,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...Because of the fast I keep : O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! 6. " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And...wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! Work ! work ! work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? a bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags. That shatter'd roof—and this naked floorA table—a broken chair— And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work ! work ! work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages 1 A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags. That shattered roof — and this naked floorA table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1864 - 490 pages
...Because of the fasts I keep ; O, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime, Work — work — work, As prisoners work for... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw,...blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work, • From weary chime to chime ! Work — work — work, As prisoners work... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! ' Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw,...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! ' Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime, Work — work — work — As prisoners work... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — This shattered roof— and this naked floor A table—...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work— work— work 1 From weary chime to chime, Work — work — work, As prisoners work for... | |
 | Christian life - 1866 - 392 pages
...her frequent envy. Well might she use the poet's words : — • " Work— work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags. That shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...Because of the fasts I keep ; 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I 6. "Work — work — work! My labor never flags ; And...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there I 7. "Work — work — work From weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work As prisoners work for... | |
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