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Thomas Hood on Poverty

1799–1845 England

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

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!"

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas Hood (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.