 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...articulate utterance of that childish wo, and ought to wring, redress even from the hands of tyrants : "They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks are sad to see ; For man's grief abhorrent, draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy, — "Your old earth," they say,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Children's poetry, English - 1850 - 596 pages
...if stricken, is the sorest — The old hope is hardest to be lost : But the young, young children, O my brothers, Do you ask them why they stand Weeping...the bosoms of their mothers, In our happy Fatherland ? 1II. They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 pages
...if stricken, is the sorest — The old hope is hardest to be lost : But the young, young children, O my brothers, Do you ask them why they stand Weeping...faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary anguish draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy — ' Your old earth,' they say, ' is very... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...if stricken, is the sorest — The old hope is hardest to be lost : But the young, young children, O my brothers, Do you ask them why they stand Weeping...the bosoms of their mothers, In our happy Fatherland ? m. They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's grief... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - Periodicals - 1860 - 606 pages
...stanza after stanza, and bless the noble woman who scarcely leaves us any control over our emotions : " They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary anguish draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy — ' Your old earth,' they say, ' is very... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862 - 480 pages
...wound, if stricken, is the sorest, The old hope is hardest to be lost. But the young, young children, O my brothers, Do you ask them why they stand Weeping...faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary anguish draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. 1 Your old earth,' they say, ' is very... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 420 pages
...wound, if stricken, is the sorest, The old hope is hardest to be lost. But the young, young children, O my brothers, Do you ask them why they stand Weeping...faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary anguish draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. ' Your old earth,' they say, ' is very... | |
 | Margaret T. Downing - English poetry - 1867 - 394 pages
...wound, if stricken, is the sorest, The old hope is hardest to be lost; But the young, young children, O my brothers, Do you ask them why they stand Weeping...faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary anguish draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy. 'Your old earth,' they say, 'is very dreary;... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...leafless in the forest, The old year is ending in the frost, The old wound if stricken is the sorest, But the young, young children, 0 my brothers, Do you...the bosoms of their mothers, In our happy fatherland ? in. They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...wound if stricken is the sorest, The old hope is hardest to be lost : But the young, young children, O my brothers, Do you ask them why they stand Weeping...the bosoms of their mothers, In our happy fatherland ? m. They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary... | |
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They look up with their pale and sunken faces, And their looks are sad to see, For the man's hoary anguish draws and presses Down the cheeks of infancy; "Your old earth... 
