 Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear!...  Voices of the True-hearted - Pagina 2491846 - 288 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1853 - 442 pagina’s
...a slave, Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work — work — work ! 'Till the brain begins to swim ! Work — work — work, 'Till eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset and band, Band and gusset and seam, 'Till over the buttons... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 pagina’s
...be a skve Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work — work — work Till the brain begins...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Oh, Men, with Sisters dear ! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing... | |
 | 1854 - 816 pagina’s
...it't men's lives." — Antiquary, chap. xi. And in Hood's world-famed Song of the Shirt occurs, — " Work, work, work, Till the brain begins to swim ;...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream. O men! with sisters dear! 0 men ! with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wealing out, But... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1854 - 334 pagina’s
...the hide o' the auld serpent preserved among's to this hour, on account o' our sins.' CHAPTEE X. " Seam, and gusset and band, Band, and gusset and seam,...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream. HOOD. "An honest man, close buttoned to the chin, Broad cloth without and a warm heart within." COWPEK.... | |
 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 pagina’s
...be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work. Work, work, work, Till the brain begins to swim ; Work, work, work, Till the eyes are heavy^and dim. Seam, and gusset, and band; Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttcns I fall... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pagina’s
...be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! • ( ' Work — work • — • work Till...begins to swim ! Work — work — work Till the eyes arc heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pagina’s
...Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work I " Work — work — work Till the brain begins to swim...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Oh, Men, with Sisters dear ! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pagina’s
...be a slave along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, if this is Christian work ! " Work — work — work — till the brain...band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons 1 fall asleep, and sew them on in a dream ! " O ! Men, with Sisters dear ! — 0 ! Men ! with Mothers... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pagina’s
...be a slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work ! work ! work ! Till the brain begins...Work ! work ! work ! Till the eyes are heavy and dim 1 Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And... | |
 | 1856 - 1492 pagina’s
...of them might not at present say, in the language of poor deep-hearted Hood's undying song — '• Work— Work— Work, Till the brain begins to swim...Work— Work— Work, Till the eyes are heavy and dim !" Yea, perhaps, until brain and eyes fail altogether; and then — sad reflection, " poverty, hunger,"... | |
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