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... Improvement Era - Page 191901Full view - About this book
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...Plying her needle and tbread — Stitсh ! stitrh ! stilch '. In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And s Iili with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the " Song of the Shirt ?" " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — work. Till the etnrs... | |
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...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 She sang the ' Song of the Shirt !' " Work ! work ! work ! While the cock is crowing aloof ! And work— work— work, Till the stars... | |
| Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...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, She sang " the Song of the Shirt! " "Work! work! work! While the cock is crowing aloof! And work—work—work! Till the stars shine... | |
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...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 rich !— She sung this " Song of the shirt !" ... | |
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