 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 sayfa
...my head, and the grass beneath my feet; for only one short hour to feel as I used to feel, before .1 knew the woes of want, and the walk that costs a meal...hunger, 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 !" THOMAS... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 sayfa
...meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! Thomas Hood. — Bom 1798, Died 1845. 1496.— THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. two days' time, with haggard eyes and beard, And shaken...slaves each with a sword, And went with the voit man. pitch She sang the " Song of the Shirt ! " " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof !... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 sayfa
...my hearti But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread 1" 11. With fingers weary and worn, "With eyelids heavy and...hunger, 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 !" XCVIIL—... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1873 - 182 sayfa
...short hour To feel, as I used to feel Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal !" With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...hunger, 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 !" TJwmas Hood.... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 sayfa
...weather is warm, and bright, while underneath the eaves the brooding swallows cling, as if to show their sunny backs, and twit me with the spring. "...hunger, 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!" MARY,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1874 - 522 sayfa
...hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want, And the walk that costs a meal ! " O ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief!...hunger, 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 ! " 11*... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1874 - 342 sayfa
...surf-flooded deck Stands the father so brave, Driving on to his grave Through the night t—Stoddard. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...hunger, and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!"— Hood. O ! breathe not his name ! let it sleep in the shade... | |
 | Charles Henri Schneider - 1875 - 328 sayfa
...weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders the needle and thread." With fingers weary and worn, With...hunger, 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." HOOD. CLXXVIII.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 sayfa
...: Give me from some kind hand a flower, The record of one happy hour. MRS. HEMANS: Women and Fame. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...hunger, and dirt, And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt." 668 WOMAN. By custom doom'd to folly, sloth, and ease, No... | |
 | Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1875 - 348 sayfa
...little weeping would ease my heart; But in their briny bed f My tears must stop, for every drop 11. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...hunger, 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!" EXERCISES... | |
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Oh but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet, — With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet! For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal! " Oh but for... 
