In War Time, and Other Poems |
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Page 22
O Lord , how long ! — One human soul Is more than any parchment scroll , Or
any flag thy winds unroll . “ What price was Ellsworth's , young and brave ? How
weigh the gift that Lyon gave , Or count the cost of Winthrop's grave ? 66 O
brother ...
O Lord , how long ! — One human soul Is more than any parchment scroll , Or
any flag thy winds unroll . “ What price was Ellsworth's , young and brave ? How
weigh the gift that Lyon gave , Or count the cost of Winthrop's grave ? 66 O
brother ...
Page 39
Then rose the long lament From the hoar sea - god's dusky caves : The priestess
rent her hair and cried , 66 Woe ! woe ! The gods are sleeplesseyed ! ” And ,
chained and scourged , the slaves of slaves , The lords of Chios into exile went .
6.
Then rose the long lament From the hoar sea - god's dusky caves : The priestess
rent her hair and cried , 66 Woe ! woe ! The gods are sleeplesseyed ! ” And ,
chained and scourged , the slaves of slaves , The lords of Chios into exile went .
6.
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To suffer well is well to serve ; Safe in our Lord The rigid lines of law shall curve
To spare us ; from our heads shall swerve Its smiting sword . And light is mingled
with the gloom , And joy with grief ; Divinest compensations come , Through ...
To suffer well is well to serve ; Safe in our Lord The rigid lines of law shall curve
To spare us ; from our heads shall swerve Its smiting sword . And light is mingled
with the gloom , And joy with grief ; Divinest compensations come , Through ...
Page 53
O , praise an ' tanks ! De Lord he come To set de people free ; An ' massa tink it
day ob doom , An ' we ob jubilee . De Lord dat heap de Red Sea waves He jus ”
as otrong as den ; He say de word : we las ' night slaves AT PORT ROYAL . 53.
O , praise an ' tanks ! De Lord he come To set de people free ; An ' massa tink it
day ob doom , An ' we ob jubilee . De Lord dat heap de Red Sea waves He jus ”
as otrong as den ; He say de word : we las ' night slaves AT PORT ROYAL . 53.
Page 54
He say de word : we las ' night slaves ; To - day , de Lord's freemen . De yam will
grow , de cotton blow , We'll hab de rice an ' corn ; O nebber you fear , if nebber
you hear De driver blow his horn ! Ole massa on he trabbels gone ; He leaf de ...
He say de word : we las ' night slaves ; To - day , de Lord's freemen . De yam will
grow , de cotton blow , We'll hab de rice an ' corn ; O nebber you fear , if nebber
you hear De driver blow his horn ! Ole massa on he trabbels gone ; He leaf de ...
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| Title | In War Time, and Other Poems |
| Author | John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Contributors | Welch, Bigelow & Co, Ticknor and Fields |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1864 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 29 Apr 2014 |
| Length | 152 pages |
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