 And, 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; Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron In the factories, round and round.  Labor, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 98by Joseph Cook - 1880 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Delphian Society - 1911 - 586 pages
...of the coalshadows, From your pleasures fair and fine. "For oh!" say the children, "we are w«ary, And we cannot run or leap: If we cared for any meadows,...and sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping; And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow; For all... | |
 | Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray - 1911 - 462 pages
...ones stand without, in our bewildering, And the graves are for the old :' *************** 'For oh,' say the children, 'we are weary, And we cannot run...meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep.' *************** 'How long,' they say, 'how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world,... | |
 | 1911 - 918 pages
...cold. And we young ones stand without, in our bewildering, And the graves are for the old :' 'For oh,' say the children, 'we are weary, And we cannot run...meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep.' 'How long,' they say, 'how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world, on a child's heart... | |
 | Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Marquis of Zetland - 1911 - 446 pages
...cry of the children will be raised.1 " ' For oh,' say the children, ' we are weary, And we cannot rnn or leap, If we cared for any meadows it were merely To drop down in them and sleep. For all day we drag our burden tiring Through the coal-dark underground, Or all day we drive the wheels... | |
 | Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Marquis of Zetland - 1911 - 448 pages
...position call for solution. Some day the c dren will be raised.1 " ' For oh,' gay the children, ' we are And we cannot run or leap, If we cared for any meadows it wei To drop down in them and sleep. For all day we drag our burden tir Through the coal-dark undergroi... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - 1912 - 388 pages
...bitterly. They are weeping in the play-time of the others In the country of the free. ****** • For oh ! ' say the children, ' we are weary, And we cannot run...meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep." ****** They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their look is dread to see, For they mind... | |
 | George Herbert Perris - 1914 - 636 pages
..." : '' Do ye hear the children weeping, 0 my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years ? ' For oh,' say the children, ' we are weary, And we cannot run...upon our faces, trying to go, And, underneath our heaw p.velids drooping, ' For, all day, the wheels are droning, twining ; Their wind comes in our faces,... | |
 | Willis Mason West - 1915 - 908 pages
...Browning's Cry of the. Children) : — " ' For oh, say the children, ' we are weary, And we can not run or leap. If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep. . . .' " ' Flow long,' they say, ' how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move the world on a... | |
 | Willis Mason West - 1915 - 912 pages
...(Mrs. Browning's Cry of the Children) : — " 'For oh, say the children, ' we are weary, And we can not run or leap. If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down iu them and sleep. . . . ' " ' How long,' they say, ' how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand to move... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1916 - 692 pages
...mine? Leave us quiet in the dark of the coalshadows, From your pleasures fair and fine I VI 'For oh,' say the children,' we are weary, And we cannot run...stooping, We fall upon our faces, trying to go ; And, underneathourheavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow ; For, all day,... | |
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