 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
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1854 - 230 pages
...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 l)lood splashes upward, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path, But the child's sob mrseth... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 pages
...angels in their places, With eyes meant for Deity; '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, 0 our tyrants, And your purple shows your path : But the child's sob curseth deeper in the... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...angels in their places, With eyes meant for Deity,'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, 0 our tyrants, And your purple shows your path : But the child's sob curseth deeper in the... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1855 - 248 pages
...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 Than... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1857 - 628 pages
...annoyed by specimens of repulsive imagery, as where the children cry ; How long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart — Stifle down with a mailed heel itt palpitation t etc. Now and then, too, we are confounded by a pure platitude, m when Eve exclaims... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1858 - 424 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,...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... | |
 | 1859 - 852 pages
...how long, 0 cruel nation ! Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart? Trample do.wn with mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the marl ? Our blood splashes upward, 0 our tyrants 1 And your purple shows yonr path," But the child's... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 414 pages
...long/ they say, 'how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's hearfc, Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And...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... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1860 - 606 pages
...they say, how long. O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world on a child's heart — Stifled down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread...throne amid the mart ; Our blood splashes upward, 0 gold-Reaper, And your purple shows your path ; But the child in the silence curses deeper Than the... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1860 - 238 pages
...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, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path, Bui the child•s sob cvrseth deeper in the silence... | |
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