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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Pagina 117
... soul : Feel the hot tears flood in the eyes up - turning , The tide of goodness heave its brightest waves ; - Then it is not hard to clash the godward yearning With the mad thought that ye are still earth's slaves ? Oh ! how long will ...
... soul : Feel the hot tears flood in the eyes up - turning , The tide of goodness heave its brightest waves ; - Then it is not hard to clash the godward yearning With the mad thought that ye are still earth's slaves ? Oh ! how long will ...
Pagina 131
... soul , And bade him stand on this terrestrial ball . Sublime in his own form - erect , and lord of all . Some traitors to their kind , Whose tongues almost persuade That night were day - have bent their mind God gave them , to degrade ...
... soul , And bade him stand on this terrestrial ball . Sublime in his own form - erect , and lord of all . Some traitors to their kind , Whose tongues almost persuade That night were day - have bent their mind God gave them , to degrade ...
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... soul itself died on the blast . And fibre and flesh he bound down on a rack , Flame - girt on a factory - floor ; And the ghastly steel - corse plied its horrible force , Still tearing the hearts of the poor . Like a wine - press for ...
... soul itself died on the blast . And fibre and flesh he bound down on a rack , Flame - girt on a factory - floor ; And the ghastly steel - corse plied its horrible force , Still tearing the hearts of the poor . Like a wine - press for ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 15 |
ANONYMOUS VERSES AND SONGS | 59 |
A L | 82 |
Copyright | |
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Victorian Culture and Society: The Essential Glossary Adam Charles Roberts Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2003 |
Poetry and Reform: Periodical Verse from the English Democratic Press, 1792-1824 Fragmentweergave - 1992 |