The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - poem - was created in 1865.
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.
The full quote is "For the hand that rocks the cradle, is the hand that rules the world." It is from a poem by William Ross Wallace that celebrates Motherhood and the concept that what a person becomes in their life starts with what they learn from their mother and that ultimately, it is mothers that have the greatest influence on what we are or become.
If you're referring to someone dating a much younger person, they are most definitely "robbing the cradle" and "grave snatching" is it's antonym. But if you mean the "the hand that rocks the cradle" the early 90's thriller or the poem from over 100 years ago with the same name, then "rock the cradle" is correct...
I've read that it is supposed to be the sound that the birds (the snipe) are making. Listen to Loreena McKennitt's song of "Moon Cradle" to get a sense of what it would sound like in the poem. Very beautiful and haunting.
This poem represents common good and people
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