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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... brothers , weave ! -Toil is ours ; But toil is the lot of men : One gathers the fruit , one gathers the flowers , One soweth the seed again ! There is not a creature , from England's King , To the peasant that delves the soil . That ...
... brothers , weave ! -Toil is ours ; But toil is the lot of men : One gathers the fruit , one gathers the flowers , One soweth the seed again ! There is not a creature , from England's King , To the peasant that delves the soil . That ...
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... brothers sinew and bone And melts to yellow gold ! The dawn looks forth where his plundered serfs Their weary labours ply ; While the latest star which the midnight gives , Quits , ere they cease , the sky . See the bloodshot eye and ...
... brothers sinew and bone And melts to yellow gold ! The dawn looks forth where his plundered serfs Their weary labours ply ; While the latest star which the midnight gives , Quits , ere they cease , the sky . See the bloodshot eye and ...
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... for our right ; We hold out to the foreman The hand that he would smite ! And , if ye mean it truly , The storm may yet be laid , And we will aid you duly , As brothers brothers aid ; - But , if ye falsely play us , And if Our Warning.
... for our right ; We hold out to the foreman The hand that he would smite ! And , if ye mean it truly , The storm may yet be laid , And we will aid you duly , As brothers brothers aid ; - But , if ye falsely play us , And if Our Warning.
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 15 |
ANONYMOUS VERSES AND SONGS | 59 |
A L | 82 |
Copyright | |
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