 If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping, We fall upon our faces, trying to go; And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow. For...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 2611843Full view - About this book
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...eyelids drooping, The reddest jlcm-ers would look as pale as snow ; For all day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark underground, Or, all...the wheels of iron In the factories round and round. " For all day the wheels are droning, turning, Their wind comes in our faces ! Till our hearts turn,... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...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...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. VII. " For all day the wheels are droning, turning ; Their wind comes in our faces, Till our hearts... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...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 VII. " For all day the wheels are droning, turning; Their wind comes in our faces, Till our hearts... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...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...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. " For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces, — Till our hearts... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...down in them and sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping — For, all day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark, underground — Or,...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. "For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, Their wind comes in our faces, — Till our hearts... | |
 | 1898 - 1146 pages
...others, In the country of the free. " 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." It was stated by the leader of this unique service of song (let the Spectator confess that this deeply... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1871 - 336 pages
...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...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. TO. ' For all day, the wheels are droning, turning ; Their wind comes in our faces, Till our hearts... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 pages
...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...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. ' For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces,— Till our hearts... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 438 pages
...eyelids drooping, The reddest flowers would look as pale as snow , For all day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark underground, Or, all...1 Till our hearts turn, and our heads with pulses bunting, And the walls turn in their places I Turns the sky in the high window blank and reeling, Turns... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 540 pages
...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...wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. ' For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces, — Till our hearts... | |
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