 Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear!...  Voices of the True-hearted - Page 2491846 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick William Robertson - English essays - 1859 - 372 pages
...sorrows of an unknown class, the over-worked needlewoman, and all England, thrilled to the appeal: " O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives!...you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives—" and when, in consequence, plan after plan was tried, and investigations instituted, and a kindlier... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - English essays - 1859 - 370 pages
...sorrows of an unknown class, the over-worked needlewoman, and all England, thrilled to the appeal: " O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives!...you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives—" and when, in consequence, plan after plan was tried, and investigations instituted, and a kindlier... | |
 | John Rushout Baron Northwick - 1859 - 218 pages
...Sempstress. An illustration of Hood's famous " Song of the Shirt." Oh ! Men with sisters dear, Oh ! Men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you're wearing out But human creatures' lives. — T. HOOD. ^7 J/ / EM WARD, RA 1143 Voltaire and Frederick the Great Sketch for the large picture.... | |
 | 1859 - 210 pages
...Sempstress. An illustration of Hood's famous " Song of the Shirt." Oh ! Men with sisters dear, Oh ! Men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you're wearing out But human creatures' lives. — T. HOOD. EM WARD, RA 1143 Voltaire and Frederick the Great. Sketch for the large picture. OLD CROME.... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work ! work ! work ! Till the brain begins...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Oh, men ! with sisters dear ! Oh, men ! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...roof! It 's oh ! to be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, " Work — work — work — Till the brain begins to...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Oh ! men, with sisters dear ! Oh ! men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...never a soul to save " Work — work — work ! Till the brain begina to swim ; Work - work — work I Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset,...over the buttons I fall asleep, 'And sew them on in my dream I " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing... | |
 | Ellen Barlee - Poor - 1860 - 262 pages
...workroom, that my girls often drop down on the floor dead asleep or fainting ! " CHAPTER VI. f rites. Work — work — work — Till the brain begins to...the eyes are heavy and dim : Seam, and gusset, and baud — Band, and gusset, and seam — Till over the buttons she falls asleep And sews them on in... | |
 | Emile Daurand Forgues - Authors, English - 1860 - 400 pages
...lui qu'elle hait. Stitch ! stitch ! stitch! s'écrie-t-elle sans vaines précautions de rhétorique : Till over the buttons I fall asleep And sew them on in a dream. Tout le reste est sur ce ton, d'une violence et aussi d'une puissance très-grande; mais ilne faut... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1861 - 394 pages
...be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work — work — work Till the brain begins...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Oh, Men, with Sisters clear ! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing... | |
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