 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pagina’s
...wearing out, ilTIC PLANT a 5 But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch— stitch, a, b KIND 0 H 5 X In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with...as well as a Shirt. ^ " But why do I talk of Death ? en f That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It... | |
 | 1891 - 368 pagina’s
...in a dream! « 0 men with sisters dear! о men with mothers and wives! — It is not linen you 're wearing out, but human creatures' lives! — stitch,...with a double thread, a shroud as well as a shirt. « Hut why do I talk of Death, that phantom of grisly bone? — I hardly fear his terrible shape, it... | |
 | 1933 - 668 pagina’s
...I thank For sometimes falling there!" 4. "O men, with sisters dear! О men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures'...with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt!" "Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime! Work — work — work ! As prisoners work for... | |
 | 1974 - 2200 pagina’s
...is crowing aloft. And work, work. work. Till the stars shine through the roof. It's O to be a slave Stitch, stitch, stitch. In poverty, hunger, and dirt....a shirt. But why do I talk of death. That phantom cf grisly bone? I heartedly fenr Its terrible shape. It seems so like my own. It seems so like my own... | |
 | Pauline Adams, Emma S. Thornton - 1982 - 164 pagina’s
...pitch, She sang the "Song of the Shirt!" "O men, with sisters dear! O men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures'...once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt.20 The McGuffey Reader was so influential that many a Populist orator and labor spokesman quoted... | |
 | Patricia Marks - 1990 - 344 pagina’s
...Its appeal is evident in a single stanza: O! Men, with sisters dear! O! Men! with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures'...with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. [1843: 260] The measure of the distance that women had come almost fifty years later might be taken... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pagina’s
...Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, (1. 1—6) 12 ll deliver, it is no dread. ACP; AWP; MeEL; NAEL-1;...Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte o (1. 27-32) 13 Oh, God, that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! (1. 39-40) EBW;... | |
 | Teresa Anne Murphy - 1992 - 260 pagina’s
...found its way into The Mechanic as well. O! men! with sisters dear! O! men! with mothers and wives It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures...at once with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt.15 13. The Mechanic, August 10, 1844. 14. EssexCounty Washingtonian (Lynn), October 12, 1843;... | |
 | Anne Firor Scott - 1993 - 218 pagina’s
...brother editors, let our sisters set type at your stands, or must the next generation still be doomed to Stitch — stitch — stitch In poverty, hunger, and...with a double thread A Shroud as well as a shirt! To this appeal "Mr. Post" was silent, but a year later he stated his position with an air of gallantry:... | |
 | Cheryl B. Torsney, Judy Elsley - 1994 - 228 pagina’s
...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 as well as a shirt! 15 In the wake of further mechanization and labor reform, the position of textiles as a product of... | |
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O men with sisters dear! O 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 as well as a shirt! 
