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" 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, — Would that its tone could... "
Prose and Verse - Page 210
by Thomas Hood - 1845
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Folk Songs

John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...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, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt ! " THOMAS Hooi). ELEGY....
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With Some Account of the Author ..., Volume 1

Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1861 - 394 pages
...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, Would- that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt 1'* THE LADY'S DREAM....
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The lady's reader: with rules for a good style of reading aloud

George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...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 — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sang this " Song of the Shirt." NUMBEB ONE.—...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 622 pages
...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, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt 1" A PARENTAL ODE TO MY...
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"Drifting About"; Or, What "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville," Saw-and-did. An ...

Stephen C. Massett - California - 1863 - 382 pages
...(echo) 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...with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the Song of a Shirt . . worn. red. dead. ditch. hurt. stitch. dirt ! And so on. As I am going occasionally to initiate...
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The advanced reader

Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Stitch I stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt." FIRST NOTIONS OF GEOLOGY....
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Lays and Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century

1863 - 150 pages
...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, (Would that its tones could reach the rich !) She sang this — " Song of the Shirt." & $salm of fife....
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"Drifting About"; Or, What "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville," Saw-and-did. An ...

Stephen C. Massett - California - 1863 - 388 pages
...(echo) 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 worn. red. K !i R S dead. ditch. hurt. stitch. She sang the Song of a Shirt . . And so on. dirt I As...
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The poetical reader for school and home use, ed. by J.C. Curtis

John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt ! " TRY AGAIN.— E. Cook....
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...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 doTorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich ! — She sung this "Song of Hie Shirt!"...
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