And yet it never was in my soul

To play so ill a part:

But evil is wrought by want of Thought,

As well as want of Heart!"

She clasped her fervent hands,
And the tears began to stream;
Large, and bitter, and fast they fell,
Remorse was so extreme;

And yet, oh yet, that many a Dame
Would dream the Lady's Dream!

PART II.

15

THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.

WITH fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread-
Stitch! stitch! stitch!

In poverty, hunger, and dirt

And still with a voice of dolorous pitch,
She sang the " song of the Shirt!"

"Work! work! work!

While the cock is crowing aloof! And work-work-work!

Till the stars shine through the roof!

It's oh! to be a 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 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 my dream!

"Oh! 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!

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 so like my own-
It seems so like my own,

Because of the fast I keep :

Oh God! that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap!

"Work-work-work!

My labor never flags;

And what are its wages? A bed of straw,
A crust of bread—and rags:

A shattered roof-and this naked floor-
A table-a broken chair-

And a wall so blank my shadow I thank
For sometimes falling there!

"Work-work-work!

From weary chime to chime; Work-work-work!

As prisoners work, for crime! Band, and gusset, and seam,

Seam, and gusset, and band,

Till the heart is sick and the brain benumbed,

As well as the weary hand!

"Work-work-work,

In the dull December light;

And work-work-work!

When the weather is warm and bright:

While underneath the eaves

"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 ease my heart-
But in their briny bed

My tears must stop, for every drop
Hinders needle and thread!"

With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread;
Stitch-stitch-stitch!

In poverty, hunger and dirt;

And still with a voice of dolorous pitchWould that its tone could reach the rich!She sung this "Song of the shirt!"

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