 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
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 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... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...of their angels in high plac'ee, With their eyes turned on 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?... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1883 - 602 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 heel its palpitation f" etc. Now and then, too, we are confounded by... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...their angels in their places, With eyes turned on Deity ; — "How long," they say, "how long, O cniel nation, Will you stand to move the world, on a child's heart — Stifle down with a mailed heel its palliation And tread onward to your throne amid the mart? Our... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1884 - 560 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... | |
 | William Edward Armytage Axon - 1884 - 360 pages
...was not the man to use stinted phrases. He would echo and intensify the cry of the children:— " ' How long,' they say, ' 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 ?'" This... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1884 - 284 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... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...look 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 ?... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1886 - 642 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 ?... | |
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