The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (poem)
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (poem)
"The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World" is a poem by William Ross Wallace that praises motherhood as the preeminent force for change in the world. The poem was first published in 1865 under the title "What Rules The World". [cite book|title=Magill's Quotations in Context|first=Frank Northen|last=Magill|coauthors=Tench Francis Tilghman|year=1965|publisher=Harper & Row]
:Blessings on the hand of women!:Angels guard its strength and grace,:In the palace, cottage, hovel,:Oh, no matter where the place;:Would that never storms assailed it,:Rainbows ever gently curled;:For the hand that rocks the cradle:Is the hand that rules the world.
:Infancy's the tender fountain,:Power may with beauty flow,:Mother's first to guide the streamlets,:From them souls unresting grow--:Grow on for the good or evil,:Sunshine streamed or evil hurled;:For the hand that rocks the cradle:Is the hand that rules the world.
:Woman, how divine your mission:Here upon our natal sod!:Keep, oh, keep the young heart open:Always to the breath of God!:All true trophies of the ages:Are from mother-love impearled;:For the hand that rocks the cradle:Is the hand that rules the world.
:Blessings on the hand of women!:Fathers, sons, and daughters cry,:And the sacred song is mingled:With the worship in the sky--:Mingles where no tempest darkens,:Rainbows evermore are hurled;:For the hand that rocks the cradle:Is the hand that rules the world.
The title itself is an oft-quoted passage, which has over time been reinterpreted in various ways, particularly in recent times, as a kind of perennial example of a social norm gone awry.Fact|date=July 2008
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* [http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/wallace1.html William Ross Wallace]
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