...machines, Et, la nuit nous laissant respirer ses pavots, Nous dormirons enfin comme les animaux.' (' If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep.'} But a still more terrible picture of English manners is supplied by the long poem entitled ' La Tamise.'...

...in the dark of our coal-shadows, From your pleasures fair and fine. " For oh ! " say the children, " we are weary — And we cannot run or leap : If we...were merely To drop down in them and sleep. Our knees tremhle sorely in the stooping — We fall upon our face, trying to go ; And underneath our heavy eyelids...

...in the dark of our coal-shadows, From your pleasures fair and fine. " For oh ! " say the children, " we are weary — And we cannot run or leap : If we...tremble sorely in the stooping — We fall upon our face, trying to go ; And underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale...

...in the dark of the coal-shadows, From your pleasures fair and fine ! " For oh," say the children, " we are weary, And we cannot run or leap — If we...and sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping — i day, we drag our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark, underground — uu day, we drive the wheels...

...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 or leap, — If we...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...

...in the dark of our coal shadows From your pleasures fair and fine. " For oh !" say the children, " we are weary, And we cannot run or leap : If we cared...Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping, We fall on our face trying to go ; And underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flowers would look...

...pious race. " For oh," say the children, " wo arc weary, And wo cannot run or leap — If we eared for any meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sloop. Our kneas tremble sorely in the stooping— We fall upon our faces, trying to fao ; And, underneath...

...in the dark of our coal shadows From your pleasures fair and fine. " For oh !" say the children, " we are weary, And we cannot run or leap : If we cared...Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping, We fall on our face trying to go ; Antl underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flowers would look...

...in the dark of our coal-shadows From your pleasures fair and fine. " For, oh !" say the children, " we are weary, And we cannot run or leap : If we cared...Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping, We fall on our face trying to go ; And underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look...

...the penciled beauty of the rose, and value it only as they receive pennies. " For underneath their heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow." There is another class of men traversing the streets, who look very keen. They are of dark complexion,...