 | George Fitzhugh - 1960 - 310 sidor
...and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch — stitch — stitchl In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still, with a voice...While the cock is crowing aloof! And work — work — workl Till the stars shine through the roof! It's Ol to be a slave, Along with the barbarous Turk,... | |
 | Peter Scheckner - 1989 - 360 sidor
...ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!' With fingers 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,... | |
 | Ron Burnett - 1991 - 324 sidor
...weary and worn With eyelids heavy and red, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch—Stitch—StitchIn poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch Would that its tone would reach the rich She sang the Song of the Shirt. The Song of the Shirt, in... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 sidor
...toils for Mammon's sake — Without a brain to ponder and craze Or a heart to feel — and break!' — With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could reach the Rich!She sang this 'Song of the Shirt!' The Bridge of Sighs... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sidor
...no life is found, (1. 1-4) CH; EBEV; EnRP; NOBE; OBEV; OBNC; PoEL-4; Son The Song of the Shirt \ I So priketh hem nature in hir corages Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages. (1. 7-12) 5 (1. 1—6) 12 It is not linen you're wearing out But human creatures' lives! Stitch — stitch —... | |
 | 1993 - 412 sidor
...道地地的鐵木機器， 為財神鞠躬又盡痺。 沒有頭惱去冥思遙想， Or a heart to feel @ and break!] With fingers 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,... | |
 | Charles Hamm - 1995 - 410 sidor
...Henry Russell's "The Gambler's Wife," and their own setting of Thomas Hood's "The Song of the Shirt": With fingers weary and worn, With eye-lids heavy and...She sang the song of the shirt. Work, work, work, 'Till the brain begins to swim; Work, work, work, 'Till the eyes are heavy and dim . . . Oh, men with... | |
 | Rob Pope - 1995 - 236 sidor
...responsihle act and thought As also in hirth and death. A socialist response to the Duchess's mantle? With fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and...the 'Song of the Shirt'. [. . .] 'Work - work work Till the hrain hegins to swim: Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset,... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 sidor
...for children, wrote as early as 1843 a searing piece against the condition of a poor woman at work: With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A Woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She... | |
 | Rohan Amanda Maitzen - 1998 - 254 sidor
...poem "The Song of the Shirt," published in Punch in 1843: "With fingers weary and worn," it begins. With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly...voice of dolorous pitch She sang the 'Song of the Shirt.'69 At least two paintings took their titles, and others their inspiration, from Hood's poem:... | |
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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... 
