 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...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 so like my own — This shattered roof— and this naked floor A table— a broken chair — And a wall so blank,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 pages
...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 so...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—... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! 5. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems...my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; 0 God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap I 6. "Work — work... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt ! 5. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems...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 ! 6. "Work — work... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. V. " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone, I hardly fear his terrible shape, 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 I... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone, 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! VI. " Work — work — work ! My labor never flags ; And what are its wages ? A bed of straw, A crust... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...! It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch, — stitch, — stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with...like my own ; It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God ! that bread should be so dear, " Work, — work, — work ! My labor never... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...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...It seems so like my own Because of the fast I keep ; O God ! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap 1 " Work — work — work I My... | |
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But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his 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... 
