 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...  Labor, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 119by Joseph Cook - 1880 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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,... | |
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...0 cruel nation, Will you .'.ii'll-I. 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 upwards, O our tyrants, And your purple shows your path ; 1'j'it the child's sob curseth deeper in... | |
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...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,... | |
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...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 our tyrants, And your purple shews your path ; But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence Than... | |
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...say, " 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...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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...long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world upon 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, our tyrants. And your purple shows your path ; But the child's sob curseth deeper in the silence '... | |
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...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 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... | |
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