 | Joseph Howe - Nova Scotia - 1858 - 668 pages
...might have been good ground of complaint. There was a little poem of Hood's, that began thus : — " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman Eat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger and... | |
 | Plague Spot - Great Britain - 1859 - 632 pages
...meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! — No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread. • " Witli fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1864 - 206 pages
...costs a meal. Oh ! liu t for one short hour ! A respite however brief ! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief ! A little weeping would...their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinder* needle and thread." Scarcely less beautiful is the " Bridge of Sighs," in which, as in the... | |
 | Metta Victoria Fuller Victor - Women authors, American - 1859 - 314 pages
...for one short year To be some good man's wife, Even if I were left a widow All the rest of my life. A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Is fatal to " carmine red." With a heart that was tired to death Of being so old a maid, A milliner... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...a meal ! " Oh ! but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would...With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly raga, Plying her needle and thread ; Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ;... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...costs a meal ! " Oh, but for one short hour ! A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief ! A little weeping would...weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sate in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread ! Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger,... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...costs a meal ! " Oh, but for one short hour I A respite, however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny head My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread." With fingers weary and worn, With... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...With envy pale 'twill lose its dye. And Yorkish turn again. ANONYMOUS. r* Ifi!) THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and...Stitch, stitch, stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; 170 T;;E r~w ' j3:.7C LIBRARY A ~TOP, LENOX IDN FOUNDATIONS And still with a voice of dolorous pitch... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 pages
...weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving, with meekness* Her sins to her Saviour ! THE SONG OF THE -SHEET. WITH fingers weary and worn, With .eyelids heavy and...rags, Plying her needle and thread —— Stitch! stiteh! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...A respite, however brief ! No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief! A li ttle weeping would ease my heart — But in their briny...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread I " With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying... | |
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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 reach the... 
