 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
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...of their angels in high places, With eyes turn'd on Deity. •' How long," they say, " how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world on a child's heart,— Our blood splashes upward, O gold-heaper, And your purple shows your path ! But the child's sob in... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...dread to see, For they mind you of their angels in their 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 heart,— Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ? Our... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...dread to see, For you think you see their angels in their places. " 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 ?... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1870 - 416 pages
...sunken faces, And their look is dread to see, For you think you see their angels in their places, " 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... | |
 | Robert Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1871 - 458 pages
...day, so that all energy and hope were crushed out of them, and disease and depravity took firm hold. ' 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 ?... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 pages
...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 heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart t... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 540 pages
...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 heart, — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ?... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 438 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? Trample down with mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart? Our blood splashes upward,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
...dread to see; For they mind you of their angels in high places, With their eyes turned on Deity. " How long," they say, " how long, O cruel nation, Will...you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart, — X rX X h * U fi? o Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1873 - 336 pages
...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 movetheworld,ouachild'sheart,Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your... | |
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