 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...ease my 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, A woman sat, in unwomanly raga, Plying her needle and thread ! Stitch ! — stitch ! — stitch ! In poverty, hunger and dirt,... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...and thread." 190 LINES WRITTEN IN A HIGHLAND GLEN. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heary and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch— stiloh— stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that... | |
 | Industries - 1853 - 102 pages
...SHIRT. With finger* wpary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, / woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Fiyinsr her needle and thread Stitch— stitch— stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt; .And stili with a voice of dolorous pitch She tang the " Song oi the Shirt!" . •' Work— work— work!... | |
 | Commerce - 1853 - 790 pages
...fragments of eome of the darker trap rocks or dark porphyries. WAGES OF THE SHIRT SEWERS Ш NEW YORK. u With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman eat, in unwomanly rage, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch— etilch— stitch ! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 pages
...ease my heart, But in their briny bed, My tears must stop for ev'ry drop Hinders needle and thread. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tones could reach the rich. She sang the song of the shirt." Oh dreadful selfishness... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1854 - 424 pages
...ease my 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...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Eich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt ! " THE LADY'S DEEAM.... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...case my 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...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 ! " THE LADY'S... | |
 | Solon Robinson - New York (N.Y.) - 1854 - 436 pages
...over. Head. CHAPTER VIII. ATHALIA, THE SEWING GIRL. " How fall of briars is this working day world." " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread." ATHALIA wore not unwomanly rags at the period when I shall commence her history. She was clad in the... | |
 | SOLON ROBINSON - 1854 - 436 pages
...YORK. 135 CHAPTER VIII. ATHALIA, THE SEWING GIRL. " How full of briars la this working day world." " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread." ATHALIA wore not unwomanly rags at the period when I shall commence her history. She was clad in the... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pages
...ease my heart, Bat in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread !'' With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and flirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang... | |
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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... 
