 Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years ? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers, — And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows : The young birds are chirping...  The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning ... - Page 245by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850Full view - About this book
 | England - 1843 - 832 pages
...1 THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN. By ELIZAsETH B. BARRET. Do ye hear the children weeping, O my hrothers 1 Ere the sorrow comes with years? They are leaning...mothers, And that cannot stop their tears. The young lamhs are hleating in the meadows, The young hirds are chirping in the nest, The young fawns are playing... | |
 | Scotland - 1843 - 1380 pages
...friends! THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN. BY ELIZARETH B. BARRKT. Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers 1 Ere the sorrow comes with years? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers, And ilin' cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows, The young birds are chirping... | |
 | 1845 - 694 pages
...which is as plaintive as the sighing of the wind amidst ruins. We can only give a short extract : — ' Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers ! Ere...playing with the shadows ; The young flowers are blowing towards the west. ' But the young young children, 0 my brothers ! They are weeping bitterly ! They... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...Napoleon or his senseless dust Be worth more, I discern not — angels must. THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN. Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers ! Ere the sorrow comes with years ? mothers, They are leaning their young heads against their And that cannot stop their tears. The young... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...investigating the condition of the children employed in the mines, factories, &c. of Great Britain. Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers ! Ere...» They are leaning their young heads against their And that cannot stop their tears. [mothers, The young lambs are bleating in the meadows, The young... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...Napoleon or his senseless dust Be worth more, I discern not — angels must. THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN. Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers ! Ere the sorrow comes with years ? mothers, They arc leaning their young heads against their And that cannot stop their tears. The young... | |
 | John Spence (jr.), Young physician - England - 1847 - 160 pages
...cry of the Children," written by one of their country-women : " Do ye hear the children weeping, 0 my brothers ! Ere the sorrow comes with years, They...playing with the shadows, The young flowers are blowing from the west ; But the young children, 0 my brothers ! They are weeping bitterly ! They are weeping... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Children's poetry, English - 1850 - 596 pages
...disdain ! THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN. (* ^£U, <P£yj i'1 ffpoffotpxifftii (& of&yMfftv. TDCvat." — MEDEA. Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere...? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers,And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows ; The young birds... | |
 | David Macbeth Moir - English poetry - 1851 - 398 pages
...— on the imagination, like a torture-scene by Spagnoletto. " Do ye hear the children weeping, oh my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years ? They...playing with the shadows, The young flowers are blowing towards the west; But the young, young children, oh my brothers, They are weeping bitterly ! They are... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 1482 pages
...of the Children — a protest against the factory-system : — Do you hear the children weeping 3 0 my brothers ! Ere the sorrow comes with years, They...chirping in the nest The young fawns are playing with the sh The young flowers are blowing towards tlie But the young, young children, O my brothers ij They... | |
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