Work ! work ! work ! till the brain begins to swim; work ! work ! work ! till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band ; band, and gusset, and seam ; till over the buttons I fall asleep, and sew them on in a dream. O men, with sisters dear... Chambers's Edinburgh Journal - Page 471844Full view - About this book
| Thomas Hood - 1864 - 522 pages
...— work Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " 0, men, with sisters dear ! 0, men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...— work Till the eyes arc heavy and dim I Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream 1 "0 men, with sisters dear! 0 men, with mothers and wives I It is not linen you're wearing out, But... | |
| Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...— work Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! ' Oh, Men, with Sisters dear ! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives-! It is not linen you're wearing out,... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...work, Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam — Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " O Men, with sisters dear ! O Men, with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out,... | |
| Daniel Stevens Dickinson - 1867 - 750 pages
...so elevated? Look abroad, and see her down-trodden condition as described by the English poet : " O men, with sisters dear ! O men, with mothers and wives...linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives I Stich — stich — stich, In poverty, hunger and dirt, Sewing at once with a double thread, A shroud... | |
| 1866 - 410 pages
...work, work, Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream !" Is not the whole life of many of our manual workers in danger of becoming, as far as their minds... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 pages
...— work Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " Oh, Men, with Sisters dear ! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you 're wearing out,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...— work, Till the eyes are heavy and dim I Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! IV. " O, men, with sisters dear! O, men, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you 're wearing... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...work — work Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam and gusset and band, Band and gusset and seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! 4. " Oh, men with sisters dear ! Oh, men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing... | |
| Church congress - 1867 - 400 pages
...work, work, Till the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seain, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream !" Is not the whole life of many of our manual workers in danger of becoming, as far as their minds... | |
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