 Work — work — work! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags, That shattered roof — and this naked floor • A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling...  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal - Page 471844Full view - About this book
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap !" What handwriting on the wall is this — " A wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there." In the "Dream of Eugene Aram," he makes the murderer say of his victim — " A dozen times I groan'd.... | |
 | 1855 - 1226 pages
...bread should ho so dear, And flesh and blood go ch'cap !" What handwriting on the wall is this — " A wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there." In the "Dream of Eugene Aram," he makes the murderer say of his victim — "Adosen times I groan'd.... | |
 | George Washington Quinby - Almshouses - 1856 - 346 pages
...upon their chairs or stools, or lie down wherever they chance to be, upon the hard, bare floor." " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime...Work — work — work ! As prisoners work, for crime ! And what its wages'! A bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags." This is the condition of more than... | |
 | Farm buildings - 1856 - 962 pages
...'•• ¿» . « My labor never finge; Ami what are ita wages t — a bed of etraw, • A crust of bread and rags — " That shattered roof, and this naked floor — • . A table, a broken chair — . v And a wall so blank — my shadow I thank • For sometimes falling there!" , Intelligent industry... | |
 | George Washington Quinby - Almshouses - 1856 - 342 pages
...stools, or lie down wherever they chance to be, upon the hard, bare floor." " Work— work— work! Prom weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work ! As prisoners work, for crime ! And what its wages 1 A led of straw, A crust of bread and rags." This is the condition of more than... | |
 | 1856 - 402 pages
...flags ; And what aro its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags, That shattered roof — this naked floor, A table — a broken chair — And...blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and rod, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags, That shatter'd roof, and this naked floor, A table, a broken chair, And a wall so i'blank, my shadow I thank 7. "Work! work! workl From weary '''chime to chime! Work I work I work I... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...never flags; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw', A crust of bread', and rags* ; That shatter'd roof, and this naked floor*; A table', a broken chair',...blank', my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there* ? 7 " Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime ! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset,... | |
 | Plague Spot - Great Britain - 1859 - 632 pages
...never flags. And what are its wages PA bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags !— That shatter'd roof, and this naked floor— A table, a broken chair, And a wall BO blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages? A bed of straw A crust of bread — and rags : A shattered roof— and this naked floor — A table...From weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work I As prisoners work, for crime ! Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart... | |
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