With fingers weary and worn,

With eyelids heavy and red,

A woman sat in unwomanly rags

Plying her needle and thread,—

Stitch! Stitch! Stitch!

Thomas Hood (1798-1845): The Song of the Shirt.

But oh the heavy change, now thou art gone,

Now thou art gone and never must return!

John Milton (1608-1674): Lycidas. Line 37.