...comes to the fourth verse — " O ! men, with sisters dear, O ! men, with mothers and wives, It is uot linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives...with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." " Stop," says a Spitalfields weaver, " God plants truth in the hearts of men, and this is of it." "...

...with mothers and wivee ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! sin i'Ii — stitch — stitch. In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double tbread, A sbroud as well as a shirt. " But wby do I talk of Death — That phantom of grisly bone,...

...my dream ! " Oh ! men with sisters dear ! Oh ! men with mothers and wives ! It i . not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives ! Stitch—...and dirt ; Sewing at once, with a double thread, A SRROUD as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone; I hardly fear...

...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...and dirt ; Sewing at once, with a double thread, A SRRoDii as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ; I hardly fear...

...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...hunger, and dirt Sewing at once, with a double thread, A SHBOUD as well as a shirt ! " But why do I talk of death, That phantom of grisly bone ; I hardly fear...

...over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream ! " O ! Men, with sisters dear ! OSMen, with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing...and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A SnRofD as well as a Shirt. " But why do I talk of Dealh ' That Phantom of grisly bone; I hardly fear...

...asleep, And sew them on in a dream. " • О ! Men, with Sisters dear ! U ! Men, with Mothers and Wires ! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures'...hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, Л Shroud as well as a Shirt. " ' But why do I talk of Death ? That Phantom of grisly bone, I hardly...

...its monotonous, wearying task. Hood has graphically described her in his " Song of the Shirt," as " Sewing at once with a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." completed, or her merciless employer will refuse her the scanty, hardlyearned pittance, which, when...

...with its load of bitter grief— " ' О men with sisters dear, О men with mothers and wives, 'Tis but to his people, " the excellent of the earth...here also, in making his sun to " shine on the evi " ' 0 but for one short hour, A respite, however brief, No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only...

...and dirt.... Et combien de mots ne faudrait-il pas pour rendre les deux vers qui suivent ceux-ci : Sewing at once, with a double thread A Shroud as well as a Shirt! Pourtant, ça et là, éclatent des pensées tout-à-fait shakespeariennes : « Que parle-je de la...