In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... To stay the Curse Whose wrong we share , Whose shame we bear , Whose end shall gladden Heaven ! In vain the bells of war shall ring Of triumphs and revenges , While still is spared the evil thing That severs and LUTHER'S HYMN . 17.
... To stay the Curse Whose wrong we share , Whose shame we bear , Whose end shall gladden Heaven ! In vain the bells of war shall ring Of triumphs and revenges , While still is spared the evil thing That severs and LUTHER'S HYMN . 17.
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... wrong , However old , however strong , But waited God's avenging hour . I knew that truth would crush the lie , - Somehow , some time , the end would be ; Yet scarcely dared I hope to see The triumph with my mortal eye . But now I see ...
... wrong , However old , however strong , But waited God's avenging hour . I knew that truth would crush the lie , - Somehow , some time , the end would be ; Yet scarcely dared I hope to see The triumph with my mortal eye . But now I see ...
Page 42
... wrong , he prayed , " God pardon him ! " So went he forth : but in God's time he came To light on Uilline's hills a holy flame ; And , dying , gave The land a saint that lost him as a slave . O dark , sad millions , patiently and dumb ...
... wrong , he prayed , " God pardon him ! " So went he forth : but in God's time he came To light on Uilline's hills a holy flame ; And , dying , gave The land a saint that lost him as a slave . O dark , sad millions , patiently and dumb ...
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... the land - locked tide , Our negroes row and sing . For dear the bondman holds his gifts Of music and of song : The gold that kindly Nature sifts Among his sands of wrong ; The power to make his toiling days And poor home AT PORT ROYAL.
... the land - locked tide , Our negroes row and sing . For dear the bondman holds his gifts Of music and of song : The gold that kindly Nature sifts Among his sands of wrong ; The power to make his toiling days And poor home AT PORT ROYAL.
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... wrong , The hope of better days , — The triumph - note that Miriam sung , The joy of uncaged birds : Softening with Afric's mellow tongue Their broken Saxon words . SONG OF THE NEGRO BOATMEN . O , praise an ' tanks ! De Lord he come To ...
... wrong , The hope of better days , — The triumph - note that Miriam sung , The joy of uncaged birds : Softening with Afric's mellow tongue Their broken Saxon words . SONG OF THE NEGRO BOATMEN . O , praise an ' tanks ! De Lord he come To ...
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