...seamstresses and their supporters, captures something of the drudgery of the work itself: Work-work-work! Till the brain begins to swim; Work- work- work! Till...over the buttons I fall asleep And sew them on in a dream.55 The sewing machine, as it was used in the context of nineteenthcentury capitalism, did little...

...These ladies as they industriously plied their needles could have reminded of Hood's doleful song: "Work, work, work Till the brain begins to swim! Work, work, work Till the eyes are heavy and diml" It might be supposed that the daughters of the lady with pride would recall the part in the work...

...save, If this is Christian work! 'Work—work—work Till the brain begins to swim; Work—work—work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset,...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch—stitch—stitch, In poverty,...

...These ladies as they industriously plied their needles could have reminded of Hood's doleful song: "Work, work, work Till the brain begins to swim ! Work, work, work Till the eyes are heavy and dim!" ''/'A. Evening Star. The Mount Pleasant Hospital consisted of a two story frame structure and accommodated...

...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...eyes are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset, and band, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! *O, Men with Sisters dear! O, Men!...

...並從事雌刻。 詩畝創作包括竹e ， PJeo o / ! he 打idsu 吋伙rFoir 屯斗工卜Bri 心eo / Si 切匕 Till the brain begins to swim; Work @ work @ work...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, But...

...Biograph Bulletin for The Song of the Shirt leads off with lines taken from the middle of Hood's poem: O! Men, with Sisters dear! O! Men! with Mothers and Wives!...linen you're wearing out But human creatures' lives! As was Griffith's habit, the characters and motifs of popular nineteenthcentury "domestic" women novelists...

...14 Thomas Hood's "Song of the Shirt" movingly captured their plight: Oh men, with sisters dear! Oh men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch—stitch—stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud...

...manufactory; let them think of the thousands to whom poor Hood's immortal song will apply, Work ! work work ! Seam, and gusset, and band Band, and gusset, and seam...over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dieam. And then let them consider, whether it does not require excitants somewhat 'above proof strength'...

...poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the song of the shirt. Work, work, work, 'Till the brain begins to swim; Work, work, work, 'Till the eyes are heavy and dim . . . Oh, men with sisters dear. Oh, men with mothers and wives, 10 Ibid., vol. I, pp. 281 2. 107 It...