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" 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 there. "
The United States Catholic Magazine and Monthly Review - Page xiii
1847
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The New Mirror, Volume 2

George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pages
...bread — and rags, That ghatter'd roof— and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime Work — work — work, AS prisoners work for...
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Reisen in England und Wales, Volume 3

Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...halte, O ®ott ! baf йЧ-оЬ fo t&euer tfi unb gleifcl) unb SBlut fo 2>aé Sieb ber SWbertn. 207 And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! *) Work! work! work! From weary chime to chime, Work ! work! work — As prisoners work for crime !...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

1844 - 858 pages
...of bread — and rag*. That shattered roof, and this naked floor— A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime ¡ Work — work— work ! As prisoners work for...
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The Christian lady's magazine, ed. by Charlotte Elizabeth, Volume 21

Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...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 ! " Work— work — work ! From weary chime to chime, Work — work — work — As prisoners work...
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Prose and Verse, Volumes 1-2

Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...of bread — and rags : A shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work ! As prisoners work,...
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The disputed inheritance

Grace Webster - 1845 - 910 pages
...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 there ! PUNCH. THE miser's hut was on a moor, and so low that at a little distance it appeared but as a slight...
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The Poets and Poetry of England, in the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...bread — and rags : A- 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 ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work, As prisoners work,...
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Prose and Verse, Volume 1

Thomas Hood - 1845 - 434 pages
...of bread — and rags : A shattered roof — and this naked floor — A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work ! As prisoners work,...
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Poems, Volume 2

Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...of bread — and rags : A shattered roof— and this naked floor— A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! " Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime ; Work — work — work ! As prisoners work,...
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The Pioneer: Or, Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio

Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...crust of bread—and rags : A shattered roof—and this naked floor— A table—a broken chair— And a wall so blank my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! " Work—work—work! From weary chime to chime; Work—work—work! As prisoners work, for crime!...
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