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!... English Literature of the Nineteenth Century ... - Page 468by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 746 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1824 - 706 pages
...of this feeling. It is the humble, it is the mass, which now inspire the pen of genius. Those that " Work, work, work, Till the brain begins to swim ;...Work, work, work, Till the eyes are heavy and dim." It is the wrongs of these, which make genius glow with fervor, and unwonted fire; and, in solving the... | |
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...Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work! ' ' Work — work — work Till the brain begins to swim!...the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam, and gusset, and baud, Band, and gusset, and seam — Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream... | |
| George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 530 pages
...Along with the bnrharous Turk, Where woman han never a eoul to save, if this IS Cbristian work ! " Work — work' — work — Till the brain begins...the eyes are heavy and dim ! Seam, and gusset, and hand, Band, and gusset, and Seam, Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream !... | |
| Johann Georg Kohl - 1844 - 316 pages
...Along with the barbareas Turk, Wbere woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! **) Work ! work ! work ! Till the brain begins to swim;...over the buttons I fall asleep And sew them on in a dream ! ***) *) SJlit gingern, mübe tmb matt, mit Tfugenlibern/ fdjmer unb tot^, faf ein SBeib in... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work. " ' Work — work — work, Till the brain begins to swim...Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons I full asleep. And saw them on in a dream. '"O! Men, with Sisters dear ! O! Men, with Mothers and Wives!... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, If this is Christian work ! " Work — work— work Till the brain begins to swim...Band, and gusset, and seam, Till over the buttons 1 fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream. " O ! Men, with sisters dear ! O ! Men ! with mothers and... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1845 - 442 pages
...Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save If THIS is Christian work ! '• Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to...men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save, — If TRIS is Christian work. ! f " Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to...men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It i . not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch,... | |
| Thomas Hood - English literature - 1845 - 434 pages
...Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to gave If THIS is Christian work ! '• Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to...men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch — stitch — stitch... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 672 pages
...slave Along with the barbarous Turk, Where woman has never a soul to save If THIS is Christian work ! " Work — work — work ! Till the brain begins to...men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch— stitch — stitch... | |
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