 we are weary, And we cannot run or leap; 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...  Education in the Nineteenth Century - Side 138redigeret af - 1901 - 274 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | M. Edgeworth Lazarus - 1852 - 146 sider
...mine? Leave us quiet 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...— If we cared for any meadows, it were merely To lie down in them to sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping — The Izeschne teaches that this... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 sider
...mine P Leave us quiet 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...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 sider
...mine ? Leave us quiet 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...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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sider
...Leave us quiet in the dark of the coal-shadows, From your pleasures fair and fine ! VI. " For oh," say the children, " we are weary, And we cannot run...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... | |
 | 1854 - 502 sider
...weary load ; — " For oh !" say the children, "we are weary, And we caunot run or leap — If we eared 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... | |
 | 1856 - 784 sider
...? Leave us quiet, 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...meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping — We fall upon oar faces, trying to go ; And, underneath... | |
 | 1859 - 852 sider
...From your pleasures fair and fine. '• For Oh !" say the children, " we are weary, And we cannot ran or leap : 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 on our faces trying to go ; And underneath our heavy... | |
 | San Francisco (Calif.) - 1910 - 1586 sider
...in some poignant lines to the cry of these unhappy children : " 'For oh ' say the children, " '\Ve are weary And we cannot run or leap; If we cared for...'For all day we drag our burden tiring Through the cold, dark underground; Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron In the factories, round and round.... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 sider
...mine ? Leave us quiet 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...meadows, it were merely To drop down in them and sleep. Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping, We fall on our face trying to go; And underneath our heavy... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1860 - 606 sider
...face, be sure wo should not know her, For the smile has time for growing on her eyes. " ' For oh,' say the children, ' we are weary, And we cannot run...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... | |
| |
