...costs a meal ! « 0 but for one short hour! a respite however brief! — No blessed leisure for love or hope, but only time for grief! — A little weeping...eyelids heavy and red, — A woman sat, in unwomanly rays, plying her needle and thread : — And stitch, stitch, stitch, in poverty, hunger and dirt, —...

...costs a meal! "Oh! but for one short hour! a respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, but only time for Grief! A little weeping would...in unwomanly rags, plying her needle and thread— Stitch—stitch—stich! in poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,—would...

...the advantages of the sewing machine was a parody of Hood's "Song of the Shirt." The original began: With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...her needle and thread — Stitch! Stitch! Stitch! The parody began : With fingers taper and white, And eyes that would grace a queen, A lady sat in her...

...that cost a meal. O but for one short hour, A respite however brief, No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief. A little weeping would...ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must ston. *"- •«•»» drnn So the amendment was rejected. The Clerk read as follows: . 6«c. 204....

...narrative, no statistics of ours, could be more true nor half so much to the purpose. THE SONG OF THE SHIRT. With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and...rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch — stitch — stitchl In poverty, hunger, and dirt; And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch, She sang the "Song...

...deafening shouts of congregated thousands." Thomas Hood The Northern Star nd THE SONG OF THE SHIRT With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A Woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her neddle and thread— Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of...

...no life is found, (1. 1-4) CH; EBEV; EnRP; NOBE; OBEV; OBNC; PoEL-4; Son The Song of the Shirt \ I So priketh hem nature in hir corages Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages. (1. 7-12) 5 (1. 1—6) 12 It is not linen you're wearing out But human creatures' lives! Stitch — stitch —...

...that costs a meal! 'O, but for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread! 'Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Work, work, work, Like the Engine that works...

...that costs a meal! "Oh but for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would...must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!" [Seam, and gusset, and band, Band, and gusset, and seam, Work, work, work, Like the Engine that works...

...for children, wrote as early as 1843 a searing piece against the condition of a poor woman at work: With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A Woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She...