 ... 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 all day we drag...  Labor, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 67by Joseph Cook - 1881 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1843 - 832 pages
...reddest flower would look as pale as gnow. For, all day, we drag our hurden tiring, Through the coal-dark underground — Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. " All day long, the wheels are droning, turning — Their wind comes in our faces 1 Till our hearts... | |
 | Scotland - 1843 - 1380 pages
...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. " All day long, the wheels are droning, turning — Their wind comes in our faces ! Till our hearts... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1844 - 290 pages
...sorely in the stooping — i day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark, underground — uu day, we drive 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... | |
 | University magazine - 1845 - 772 pages
...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. " For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning — Thuir wind comes in our faces — * Poems by Elizabeth... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...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. "For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces ; Till our hearts... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...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. All day long the wheels are droning, turning, Their wind comes in our faces ! Till our hearts turn,... | |
 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - England - 1847 - 184 pages
...picture of factory life, which I transcribe at the risk of being tedious and lengthy in these extracts : "All day, we drive the wheels of iron In the factories, round and round ; All day long, the wheels are droning, turning — Their wind comes in our faces ! Till our hearts... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850 - 318 pages
...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. Till our hearts turn, — our heads, with pulses burning, And the walls turn in their places — Turns... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Children's poetry, English - 1850 - 596 pages
...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. VII. " For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their wind comes in our faces, — Till our... | |
 | M. Edgeworth Lazarus - Christianity and other religions - 1852 - 146 pages
...flower would look as pale as snow. For all day long we drag our burden, tiring, Through the coal-dark under-ground— Or all day we drive the wheels of iron In the factories round and round." Every organ grows and strengthens itself by its normal or harmonic action, which varies only within... | |
| |
