 Work — work — work ! My labor never flags; And what are its wages? A bed of straw, A 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...  Berenice: A Novel - Page 198by Emily Pierpont De Lesdernier - 1856 - 332 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pages
...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...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and hand, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the weary hand. " Work— work—... | |
 | 1844 - 878 pages
...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...seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is bick, and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand. Work — work— work ! In the dull December... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...unb unb SSlut fo bfflíg ! And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there! *) t. Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime, Work...— As prisoners work for crime ! Band, and gusset, end seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heard is sick, and the brain benumb'd, As well as the... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...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 ! Band, and gösset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heard is sick, and the brain beoumb'd, As well... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...A table — a broken chair — And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank For sometimes falling there ! ٭ g_ l JVi˭` DF1) 5L . Ț O `} Ck 5< |ȑ5 e , T Yh k H Vo] 6 T Ao: ! Hand, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the heart is sick, and the brain benumbed,... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...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...gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and band, Till the beart is sick and the brain benumbed, As well as the weary hand ! "Work — work — work, In the dull... | |
 | Proteus (pseud.) - 1846 - 1018 pages
...Till the brain began to swim; Work — work — work, Till the eyes were heavy and dim ! VOL. III. I Work — work — work ! From weary chime to chime...Band, and gusset, and seam, Seam, and gusset, and bandOft would the weeping Annie implore her desistance — and she would double her accustomed quota.... | |
 | George Moore - 1846 - 452 pages
...as they aptly term it, or starved subsistence, by making shirts at five farthings a piece ! These " Work — work — work, From weary chime to chime...Work — work — work, As prisoners work for crime." It is true that a solacing thought may spring up, like starlight in the darkness of such an existence,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...his soul — the immortal spirit of the man is unmanned, brutified, demoralised, and destroyed.' • Work ! work ! work ! From weary chime to chime. Work, work, work ! As prisoners work for crime ! Work, work, work ! In the dull December light, And work, work, work ! When the weather is warm and... | |
 | GEORGE MOORE - 1852 - 466 pages
...as they aptly term it, or starved subsistence, by making shirts at five farthings a piece ! These " Work — work — work, From weary chime to chime...Work — work — work, As prisoners work for crime." It is true that a solacing thought may spring up, like starlight in the darkness of such an existence,... | |
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