An Anthology of Chartist Poetry: Poetry of the British Working Class, 1830s-1850sPeter Scheckner Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989 - 353 pagina's Chartist poetry was written by and for workers. In contrast with the portrayal of workers by mainstream Victorian writers, Chartist verse is intellectual, complex, and socially conscious and reflects an international outlook. |
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... blood on the earth - ' tis the blood of the brave Who have gone to their rest to the freeman's grave ! They are dead — but the spirit they kindled is here , With the fire - breath of life , all unquenched and clear , And strong in its ...
... blood on the earth - ' tis the blood of the brave Who have gone to their rest to the freeman's grave ! They are dead — but the spirit they kindled is here , With the fire - breath of life , all unquenched and clear , And strong in its ...
Pagina 92
... blood on many a field been shed ? That you may riot in your halls in pampered , idle mirths And trample at your lordly will the mass of baser earth ! And is that mass of meaner clay ? are you of Heaven born ? And must the idle FEW but ...
... blood on many a field been shed ? That you may riot in your halls in pampered , idle mirths And trample at your lordly will the mass of baser earth ! And is that mass of meaner clay ? are you of Heaven born ? And must the idle FEW but ...
Pagina 256
... blood or infamy : Your conquest - cry with the worm shall be . Corpses of scourged slaves , that sell The triumph - wheels of the royal Ghoul : If ye must drink blood , let your foul thirst be Quench'd in the thick blood of Tyranny ...
... blood or infamy : Your conquest - cry with the worm shall be . Corpses of scourged slaves , that sell The triumph - wheels of the royal Ghoul : If ye must drink blood , let your foul thirst be Quench'd in the thick blood of Tyranny ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 15 |
ANONYMOUS VERSES AND SONGS | 59 |
A L | 82 |
Copyright | |
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Alton Locke arms banner battle blood brave bread British brothers called chains Charter Chartist Circular Chartist movement Chartist poetry Chester Gaol child Corn Laws crown dare dark despots Dickens dream E. P. Thompson earth Ebenezer Elliott England English Republic Ernest Jones eyes factory Feargus O'Connor freedom gather George Julian Harney Gerald Massey glorious glory God's gold grave hand Hark Harney hath heart heaven hope Hurrah Ibid John King labour land Leeds General Advertiser liberty literature live London Lord March Massey mighty millions National Trades Journal never night Northern Star O'Connor o'er oppression pauper peace people's poem poet poor prison Purgatory of Suicides radical Red Republican sing slaves smile social soul Star and Leeds Star and National starve tears thee thou throne toil tyrants verse voice William Lovett William Thom workers working-class wrong
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