William Ross Wallace
American poet (1819–1881)
William Ross Wallace (1819 – May 5, 1881) was an American poet most famous for writing "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World".
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Quotes
edit- They say that man is mighty,
He governs land and sea;
He wields a mighty scepter
O'er lesser powers than he;
But a mighty power and stronger,
Man from his throne hath hurled,
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.- What rules the World? (also known by The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World) reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919).
