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 ? Our blood splashes upward, O goldheaper, And your purple shows your path... Poems - Page 142by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853Full view - About this book
| 1843 - 832 pages
...O 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, O our tyrants 1 And your purple shows your path — But the child's sob cnrseth deeper in the silence,... | |
| 1846 - 670 pages
...tenderly pathetic is this : — " How long," they say, " how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you .'.ii'll-I. to move the world, on a child's heart, — Stifle...to your throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upwards, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path ; 1'j'it the child's sob curseth deeper in... | |
| 1843 - 1380 pages
...long, O 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, O our tyrants! And your purple shows your path — But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence,... | |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1844 - 290 pages
...their places, With eyes meant for Deity ; — " How long," they say, " how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart,...throne amid the mart ? Our blood splashes upward, O our tyrants, And your purple shews your path ; But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...in their places, With eyes meant for Deity ; 'How long,' they say, 'how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart,...onward 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... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
..."how long, О 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, О our tyrants ! And your purple shows your path." But the child's eob eurse/h deeper in the silence... | |
| 1846 - 668 pages
...and yet how tenderly pathetic is this : — ' " How long," they say, " how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart,...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... | |
| 1846 - 668 pages
...powerful and yet how tenderly pathetic is this : — How long," they say, " how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart,...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 - 1846 - 142 pages
...breast of infancy " How long (they say) how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world upon a child's heart — Stifle down with a mailed heel...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... | |
| 1846 - 308 pages
...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, O our tyrants ! And your purple shows your path, But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence,... | |
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