Dingy with smoke, and rust, and oil,

And smirched beside with vicious toil,

Clustering, mustering, all in a swarm,

Father, mother, and care-full child,

Looking as if it had never smiled;

The seamstress lean, and weary, and wan,

With only the ghosts of garments on;

The weaver, her sallow neighbor,

The grim and sooty artisan;

Every soul—child, woman, or man,