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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... hand On this , and say— " Tis mine ! " Is not our martyrs ' earth Held sacred too ? not merely the low ditch , Where kings can fling them , but the wide land which Should be more than the grave stone of their worth . Where Hampden and ...
... hand On this , and say— " Tis mine ! " Is not our martyrs ' earth Held sacred too ? not merely the low ditch , Where kings can fling them , but the wide land which Should be more than the grave stone of their worth . Where Hampden and ...
Pagina 251
... hands , ' Weeds more weeds are sowing . ' Clean the ground , man ! till , and sow . ' But - ' Who will have the reaping ? ' Labour's hand is ever slow , Tyrants ' granaries heaping . Idler ! -Make the land his own , - He'll not shirk ...
... hands , ' Weeds more weeds are sowing . ' Clean the ground , man ! till , and sow . ' But - ' Who will have the reaping ? ' Labour's hand is ever slow , Tyrants ' granaries heaping . Idler ! -Make the land his own , - He'll not shirk ...
Pagina 273
... hand to throat and knife to knife , Then die out as thousands live ! For , our fathers are praying for pauper - pay , Our mothers with death's kiss are white ! Our sons are the rich man's serfs by day , And our daughters his slaves by ...
... hand to throat and knife to knife , Then die out as thousands live ! For , our fathers are praying for pauper - pay , Our mothers with death's kiss are white ! Our sons are the rich man's serfs by day , And our daughters his slaves by ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 15 |
ANONYMOUS VERSES AND SONGS | 59 |
A L | 82 |
Copyright | |
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