 Work ! work ! work ! from weary chime to chime ; work ! work ! work ! as prisoners work for crime. Band, and gusset, and seam ; seam, and gusset, and band ; till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, as well as the weary hand. " Work ! work ! work...  th. Oxford, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Eton-College, Windsor-Castle, Winchester ... - Page 221by Johann Georg Kohl - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...Band, and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, 'Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work — work...weather is warm and bright — While underneath the caves, The brooding Swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs And twit me with the Spring.... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...Band, and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, 'Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work — work...work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — 159 While underneath the eaves, The brooding Swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs... | |
 | Stephen SHIRLEY - 1855 - 210 pages
...As prisoners work for crime. Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary...underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to shew me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring. Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...sung the poetry of Hood — " Oh, men, with sisters dear ! Oh, men, with mothers and wives ! ***** Work — work — work, In the dull December light...the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring." Where the religious orders exist, such tenderness... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1854 - 424 pages
...and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb' d, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work,...work — work — work, When the weather is warm and brightWhile underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, " Work — work — • work, In the dull December light,...weather is warm and bright — While underneath the caves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show me their sunny backs, And twit me with the spring.... | |
 | Mark Forrester - Aztec children - 1854 - 366 pages
...want; Who stitch, stitch, stitch, in the dull December light, And stitch, stitch, stitch, when the day is warm and bright ; While underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit them with the spring. God bless the little girls with their needles, and... | |
 | Edward Toliver - Children - 1855 - 348 pages
...quiet and uninterrupted by her little brothers and sisters, took off her bonnet, and began work. " Work, work, work, In the dull December light; And...the eaves The brooding swallows cling, As if to show their sunny backs, And twit her with the Spring. Oh, but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 452 pages
...Band, and gusset and seam, Seam and gusset and band, 'Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work — work...work — work, When the weather is warm and bright — 1 60 THI SoNa OF THE SHIRT. While underneath the eaves, The brooding Swallows cling, As if to show... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1857 - 420 pages
...and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb' d, As well as the weary hand. " Work — work — work,...work — work — work, When the weather is warm and brightWhile underneath the eaves The brooding swallows cling As if to show me their sunny backs And... | |
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