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...them through ! But they answer, " Are your cowslips of the meadows Like our weeds anear the mine P Leave us quiet in the dark of the coal-shadows, From...burden tiring, Through the coal-dark, underground — Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron " For, all day, the wheels are droning, turning, — Their...

...anear the mine ? Leave us quiet in the dark of the coal-shadows, From your pleasures fair and fine ! u For oh," say the children, " we are weary, And we...our burden tiring, Through the coal-dark underground — Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron In the factories, round and round. Till our hearts turn,...