TNPSC English Study Material- The Cry of Children

TNPSC English Study Material- Poems

The Cry of Children- Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

"For oh," say the children, "we are weary,

And we cannot run or leap;

If we car'd 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 flower would look as pale as snow

For, all day, we drag our burden tiring

Through the coal-dark, underground,

Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron

In the factories, round and round

"For all day, the wheels are droning, turning;

Their wind comes in our faces,

Till our hearts turn, our heads with pulses burning,

And the walls turn in their places:

Turns the sky in the high window blank and reeling,

Turns the long light that drops adown the wall,

Turn the black flies that crawl along the ceiling,

All are turning, all the day, and we with all.

And all day, the iron wheels are droning,

And sometimes we could pray,

`0 ye wheels,' moaning breaking out in a mad

`Stop! be silent for to-day!

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NOTE: The Above poem was unedited and has been taken from Tamil Text book for easy reference for the people preparing for the TNPSC Exams.