 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...A shroud as well as a shirt. " Hut why do I talk of death ? That phantom of gri^ly bone, I h.irdly fear his 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 and blood so cheap ! " Work — work —... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1871 - 466 pages
...Shroud as well as a Shirt. "But why do I talk of Death ? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear its terrible shape, It seems so like my own — . It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! "Work — work —... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...as well as a shirt. 5. But why do I talk of Death, That rhantom of grisly bone f I hardly fear LIB terrible shape, It seems so like my own !— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep : 0 God 1 that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1 6. Work — work —... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...But why do I talk of death, — That phantom of grisly bone ? 1 hardly fear his terrible shape, 1 1 share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierc I keep ; 0 God ! that bread should lie so dear, And flesh aud blood so cheap I " Work — work —... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...stitch, In poverty, 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...— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! " Work — work — work... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1872 - 472 pages
...stitch, In poverty, 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...— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work -work— work... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...In poverty, 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...— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep. Oh God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work— work... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...stitch In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt I "But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly...— It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; O God I that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheapI " Work — work — work... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...poverty, hunger, and dirt, — Sewing at once, with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! " hou, who tell'st me to forget, Thy looks are wan,...September. 1789, on the anniversary oí the day on wh I keep ; . 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap ! " Work — work —... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 402 pages
...stich ! In poverty, 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...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fast I keep: 1704 O God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! "Work — work... | |
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But human creatures' lives ! Stitch, stitch, stitch, In poverty, 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 fear his terrible shape, It seems... 
