 | 1846 - 668 sidor
...say, " how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Out blood splashes upwards, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path ; But the child's sob... | |
 | John Rogers Bolles - 1847 - 128 sidor
...long, O cruel nation, Will yon stand to move the world upon a child's herrt— Stifle down wit 1 : a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to...throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, O, our tyrants, And your purple shows your path; But the child's sob cursetli deeper in the silence Than... | |
 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - 1847 - 160 sidor
...0 cruel nation ! Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, Trample down with a mail'd heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, 0 our tyrants ! And your purple shows your path — But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850 - 318 sidor
...say, " how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread...to your throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upwards, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path ; But the child's sob curseth deeper in the... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sidor
...say, " how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread...throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path ; But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence Than... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 298 sidor
...say, " how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread...throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, 0 our tyrants, And your purple shows your path ; But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 sidor
...say, ' how long, O cruel nation, •w;ii yOU stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread...throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, 0 gold-heaper, And your purple shows your path ! But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence Than... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1854 - 236 sidor
...how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, Trample down with mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your...throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, 0 our tyrants, And your purple shows your path, But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence Than... | |
 | 1854 - 502 sidor
...long,** they say, "how long, 0 cruel nation I Will you stand to move the world on a child's heartStifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart? Oar blood splashes upwards, 0 our tyrants! And your purple shows your path; Bnt the child's sob ourseth... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1854 - 234 sidor
...cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, Trample down with mailed heel ita palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path, But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence Than... | |
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They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their look is dread to see, For they mind you of their angels in high places, With eyes turned on Deity. ' How long,' they say, ' how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's... 
