 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ! That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly...— and rags. That shatter'd roof— and this naked floor A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 pages
...themselves, out of this pittance, in food, clothing, lodging, everything! 1846.] Hood's Poems. 397 I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labour never flags ; And what arc its wages ! A bed of straw, A crust of bread — and rags : A shatter' d roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...cheap ! " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, And a crust of bread — and rags ; That shatter'd roof; and this naked floor ; A table, a broken chair, And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there!... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! Work — work — work ! My labor never flags; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw,...— and rags. That shatter'd roof, and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1858 - 580 pages
...scam, Till over the buttons she falls asleep, And sows them on in a dream ! Work — work — work Her labour never flags, And what are its wages ? — A bed of straw, A crust of bread and rags. That shatter 'd roof— and that naked floor, A table— a broken chair — And a wall so blank, her shadow... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...hunger, and dirt, Sewing, at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly...bread and rags. That shatter'd roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair ! And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. " But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ; I hardly...? A bed of straw, A crust of bread, and rags. That shattered roof, and this naked floor— A table — a broken chair — A wall so blank, my shadow I... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - Elocution - 1853 - 580 pages
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own, — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep. O God ! — that bread should be so dear, And flesh...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,... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep, Alas ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood...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... | |
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Work - work - work! My labour 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 blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! 
