 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...  The Pioneer: Or, Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio - Pagina 158door Henry Clapp - 1846 - 208 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...A respite however brief I No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A 1 ittle weeping would ease my heart ; But in their briny bed...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... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pagina’s
...for poor suffering humanity than a thousand homilies, or all the arguments of the preem. With fingen weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rugs, Plying her needle and tbread — Stitсh ! stitrh ! stilch '. In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And... | |
 | 1844 - 878 pagina’s
...meal ! Oh but for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or TTope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would ease...With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly racs, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — rtiteh— otiteh ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt,... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pagina’s
...leisure for Love or Поре, liut only time for fïrief ! A little weeping would case my heart ; liut in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop...With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly nure, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch— stitch— stitch I In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pagina’s
...futurity, where the tears shall be wiped from many a mourner's eye, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...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... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pagina’s
...@ti(ferinnen bee @r{gebirgea unb an= berer Orte ju Siebe e¿ beffer úberfe^en möge, The Song of the Shirt. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! la poverty, hunger, and dirt, *)'<Se Cat fid) forbid), wie une bie Rettungen... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagina’s
...the weary hand ! " Work — work — work, In the dull December light, And work — work — work, When the weather is warm and bright : While underneath...sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread , Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; And still with a voice of dolorous... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pagina’s
...And yet, oh yet, that many a Dame Would dream the Lady's Dream ! PART 11. 15 THE SONG OF THE SHIET. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and threadStitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pagina’s
...And yet, oh yet, that many a Dame Would dream the Lady's Dream ! PART 11. 15 THE SONG OF THE SHIRT, WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and threadStitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pagina’s
...the weary hand ! " Work — work — work, In the dull December light, And work — work — work, While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling,...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... | |
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