Quote  Category: Unsorted “Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! I am so weary of toil and of tears,— Toil without recompense, tears all in vain! Take them, and give me my childhood again!” - Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832-1911) Rock Me to Sleep, 1860 - American poet, nee Chase, pseudonym: Florence Percy. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.