 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
 | 1856 - 754 pagina’s
...not penetrate the depths of the human heart, nothing else can: — 0 ! Men, with Sisters dear I 0 ! Men, with Mothers and Wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creature's lives ! Stitch— stitch— stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 420 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...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pagina’s
...Along with the tbarbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work. 3. "Work! work! work! Till the brain begins to swim,...buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream. 4. " Oh, men, with sisters dear! Oh, men, with mothers and wives 1 It is not linen you 're wearing... | |
 | Historical account - 1857 - 106 pagina’s
...voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich, She sung this song of the Shirt ! Work ! work ! work ! Till the brain begins to swim....work ! work ! Till the eyes are heavy and dim. Seam, gusset, and band ; Band, gusset, and seam ; Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pagina’s
...has never a soul to save, If THIS is Christian work ! " Work— work— work ! Till the hrain hegins to swim ; Work — work — work ! Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and hand, Band, and gusset, and scam, Till over the huttons I fall asleep. And eew them on in my dream... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pagina’s
...Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, * If this is Christian work ! 3. " Work ! work ! work ! Till the brain begins to swim,...buttons I fall asleep', And sew them on in a dream* ! 4. " O men', with sisters dear* ! O men', with mothers and wives*! It is not linen you're wearing... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1880 - 896 pagina’s
...great universities, solemnly sitting in judgment on the mystery and art of little girls' needlework : Seam, and gusset, and band Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons he falls asleep And passes the work in a dream I In conclusion, then, I contend that as the State is... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 376 pagina’s
...sorrows of an unknown class, the over-worked needlewoman, and all England thrilled to the appeal : " O men, with sisters dear ! O men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives — " and when, in consequence, plan after plan was... | |
 | Plague Spot - 1859 - 632 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...the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and bandBand, and gusset, and seam— Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream !... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1859 - 366 pagina’s
...sorrows of an unknown class, the over- worked needlewoman, and all England, thrilled to the appeal : " 0 men, with sisters dear ! O men, with mothers and...linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives — " and when, in consequence, plan after plan was tried, and investigations instituted, and a kindlier... | |
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