 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 540 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...upward, O goldheaper. And your purple shows^ your path ; lint the child's sob in the silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath '.' NAPOLEON III.... | |
 | 1872 - 710 sidor
...long," they say — "how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand to move a world on a child's heart; Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread...your throne amid the mart? Our blood splashes upward, 0 gold-heaper, And your purple shows your path I But the child's sob in silence curses deeper Thau... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 438 sidor
..."how long, 0 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1873 - 336 sidor
...long,' they say, ' how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to movetheworld,ouachild'sheart,Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread...silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath.' A CHILD ASLEEP. How he sleepeth, having drunken Weary childhood's mandragore ! From its pretty eyes... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 sidor
...cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, — X rX X h * U fi? o Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the marl ? Our blood splashes upward, O gold-heaper, £ u. H U M O U u V. u: P And your purple shows your... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1873 - 968 sidor
...with all." This man, who is his brother's keeper, suddenly espies the little one asleep. 1» I1UL" "But the child's sob In the silence curses deeper Than the strong man ID his wrath." There in the window stands the heir, surfeited with opportunities, yet trained in ignorance... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1874 - 460 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...silence curses deeper Than the strong man in his wrath !' CROWNED AND WEDDED. WHEN last before her people's face her own fair face she bent, Within the meek... | |
 | Alvah C. Beecher - 1874 - 234 sidor
...they say, " how long, 0 cruel nation, "Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's h««^ Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the martt Onr blood splashes upward, 0 gold-heaper, And your purple shows your path ! But the child's sob... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 sidor
...they 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...your purple shows your path ! But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence Than the strong man in his wrath." THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS. DR. WOLCOTT,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1877 - 354 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...! But the child's sob in the silence curses deeper Thau the strong man iu his wratL.' A CHILD ASLEEP. How he sleepeth, having drunken Weary childhood's... | |
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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... 
