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
| Joseph Cook - 1880 - 316 pages
...mark ; And the children's souls, which God is calling sunward, Spin on blindly in the dark. How long, how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world on a child's heart, — Stifle down with mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart? Our... | |
| Joseph Cook - 1880 - 324 pages
...mark ; And the children's souls, which God is calling sunward, Spin on blindly in the dark. How long, how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world on a child's heart, — Stifle down with mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart? Our... | |
| Joseph Cook - 1880 - 276 pages
...children's souls, which God is calling sunward, Spin on blindly in the dark. How long, how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world on a child's heart, — Stifle down with mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart? Our... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1881 - 514 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 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... | |
| S. E. Thomas - 1881 - 504 pages
...look is 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 heartStifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart... | |
| Joseph Cook - 1881 - 224 pages
...children's souls, which God is calling sunward, Spin on blindly in the dark. How long, how long, 0 cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world on a child's heart, — Stifle down with mailed heel its palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid the mart ! Our... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...you of their angels in high places, With eyes turned on Deity. " How long," they say, "how long, О $F%F&F l:8F > — Stifle down with a mailed heel ite palpitation, And tread onward to your throne amid Our blood... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1882 - 888 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 ? Our... | |
| 1882 - 882 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 ? Our... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 232 pages
...and heavenly : Let them weep ! let them weep ! 8. They look up, with their pale and sunken faces, " 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 ?... | |
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