 And we cannot run or leap; If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping, We fall upon our faces, trying to go; And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would...  Labor, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 99by Joseph Cook - 1880 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow. For, all day, we drag our burden tiring Through the coal-dark underground...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. " For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces, — Till our hearts... | |
 | 1898 - 1146 pages
...others, In the country of the free. " For, all day, we drag our burden tiring Through the coal -dark underground, Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron In the factories, round and round." It was stated by the leader of this unique service of song (let the Spectator confess that this deeply... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 pages
...underneath our heavy eyelids drooping. The reddest flower would look as pale as snow. For, all day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark underground,...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. ' For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces,— Till our hearts... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1871 - 336 pages
...underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow. For, all day, we drag our burden tiring Through the coal-dark, underground...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. TO. ' For all day, the wheels are droning, turning ; Their wind comes in our faces, Till our hearts... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 540 pages
...underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow. For, all day, we drag our burden tiring. Through the coal-dark underground,...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. ' For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces, — Till our hearts... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
..."EARTH'S FANATICS MAKE HEAVKN'S SAINTS." — DROWNING. THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN. 53 For, all day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark underground...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. " For all day the wheels are droning, turning ; Their wind comes in our faces, Till our hearts turn,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1873 - 336 pages
...underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow. For, all day, we drag our burden tiring Through the coal-dark, underground...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. vn. ' For all day, the wheels are droning, turning ; Their wind comes in our faces, Till our hearts... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1873 - 968 pages
...fagging at their task look up and fix him with a strange and serious gaze. "For all day we drag onr burden tiring Through the coal-dark under-ground!...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. For all doy the wheels are droning, turning — Their wind comes in our faces — Till our hearts turn,... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...WORTHIEST POETS HAVE REMAINED UNCROWNED — (BROWNING) THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN. 53 For, all day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark underground ; Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron d In the factories, round and round. | z | "For all day the wheels are droning, turning; 3 n « Their... | |
 | Ohio. Constitutional convention - 1873 - 1372 pages
...then wonder if these little children should say with the poet, in their hearts' deepest despair : " All day we drive the wheels of iron In the factories round and round ; All day we drag our burdens tiring In the cold dark under ground; All day the wheels are drawing,... | |
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