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" But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap... "
The Fifth Reader: For the Use of Public and Private Schools - Page 318
by George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 364 pages
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Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 24

1857 - 780 pages
...food? " But why do / tnlk of dirt, Where nothing else is known ? I hardly know the foul thing's form. It seems so — like my own. It seems so like my own — While three in a bed we sleep, Till filth doth grow to the poor man dew, While water and soap am...
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The New Mirror, Volume 2

George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pages
...poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double tbread, A sbroud as well as a shirt. " But wby do I talk of Death — That phantom of grisly bone,...my own — It seems so like my own Because of the fasts I keep, O, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work...
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The United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review, Volume 6

1847 - 800 pages
...her hard condition. The case may apply as well to laborers of the other sex, if not even better. " But why do I talk of death. That phantom of grisly...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts 1 keep, U God ! that bread should be to dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work, work, work...
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The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth, Volume 21

Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ! That Phantom of grisly...my own— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh ! God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work...
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Reisen in England und Wales, Volume 3

Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...poverty, hunger an dirt, Sewing at »иге, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt *). Bat why do I talk of Death ? That Phantom of grisly bone,...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! **) Work ! work...
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th. Oxford, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Eton-College, Windsor-Castle, Winchester ...

Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...hunger an dirt, Sewing at once, with a doable thread, Л Shroud as well as a Shirt *). But why do [ talk of Death? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! ") Work ! work...
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Hood's Magazine and Comic Miscellany, Volume 2

1844 - 646 pages
...sufficient food ? or had I bought a part of his life for my halfpenny ? I thought of the lines — " O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I" I looked round, and saw a man in a fur cap, sitting on the front of a populous spring-van. " Do...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

1844 - 858 pages
...why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly hone, 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems но like my own. It seems so like my own. Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh God ! that bread should ho во dear, And flesh and blood во cheap ! Work— work—...
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Ephemerides: Or, Occasional Recreations at the Sea Port Town of Tant-perd ...

Robert M. Hovenden - 1844 - 386 pages
...straights, that the sweat of their brow cannot purchase the bread which that alone might moisten. " Alas ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap !" Who shall plead their cause ? Who shall vindicate their right to a fair day's wages for a fair day's...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 8

1846 - 608 pages
...why do I talk of Death > That phantom of grizly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems fo like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fusts I keep, Oh ! God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap !" But we had beat...
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