 How long," 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 onward to your throne amid the mart? Our blood splashes upward, O gold-heaper, And your...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2621843Full view - About this book
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell - 1850 - 642 pages
...intervals, we are annoyed by specimens of repulsive imagery, as where the children cry ; How long, 0 cruel nation. Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heartStifle down with a mailed lieel Us palpitation f etc. Now and then, too, we are confounded by... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...is dread to see, For they mind you of their angels 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, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ?... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1854 - 230 pages
...liberty in Christdom ; Are martyrs by the pang without the palm." Then comes this awful close : — " How long, they say, how long, O cruel nation, Will...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,... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1854 - 236 pages
...liberty in Christdom ; Are martyrs by the pang without the palm." Then comes this awful close: — " How long, they say, how long, O cruel nation, Will...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,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 pages
...is dread to see, For you think yon see their angels 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, Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1855 - 248 pages
...by the pang without the palm." Then comes this awful close : — " How long, they say, 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,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...think you see their 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, Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 pages
...you see their 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, Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1857 - 628 pages
...sound. At long intervals, we are 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... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1858 - 424 pages
...look is dread to see, For you think you see their angels 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, Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart? Our... | |
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