 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
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work I Work ! work ! work I Till the brain begins to swim; Work ! work ! work...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! Oh, men ! with sisters dear I Oh, men ! with mothers and wives I It is not linen you're wearing out,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...Christian work & " Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to swim ; Work — work — work ! Seam, and .gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and...over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in my dream. 4 " O men with sisters dear ! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pages
...begins to swim ; And work — work — work — till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gussett, and band — band, and gusset, and seam, Till over...buttons I fall asleep, and sew them on in a dream ! "O! men, with sisters dear ! — 0! men! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...Alflng wifli the barbarous Turk,1 Where woman has never a soul to save, If THIS is Christian work ! 8. "Work — work — work! Till the brain begins to...— work — work ! Till the eyes are heavy and dim 1 Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1864 - 522 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...sew them on in a dream ! " 0, men, with sisters dear ! 0, men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1865 - 838 pages
...sponge, Sponge, and shallow, and sitz, Till our senses make a plunge And our brain dissolves by bits. O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're washing out, But the color from onr lives. Soak ! soak ! soak ! At a fearful rate each day ; Could... | |
 | Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 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 out,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 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 ! " O Men, with sisters dear ! O Men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 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 to swim; Work — work — work Till the eyes arc heavy and dim I Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I... | |
 | Church and social problems - 1866 - 410 pages
...our hard workers, the milliners, and which apply, I fear, in spirit to many others besides : — " Work, work, work, Till the brain begins to swim ;...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream !" Is not the whole life of many of our manual workers in danger of becoming, as far as their minds... | |
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