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Page 5
Thenceforth our life a fight became , The air we breathed was hot with blame ; For
not with gauged and softened tone We made the bondman's cause our own . We
bore , as Freedom's hope forlorn , The private hate , the public scorn ; Yet held ...
Thenceforth our life a fight became , The air we breathed was hot with blame ; For
not with gauged and softened tone We made the bondman's cause our own . We
bore , as Freedom's hope forlorn , The private hate , the public scorn ; Yet held ...
Page 6
Deep as our love for her , became Our hate of all that wrought her shame , And if ,
thereby , with tongue and pen We erred , we were but mortal men . We hoped for
peace : our eyes survey The blood - red dawn of Freedom's day ; We prayed ...
Deep as our love for her , became Our hate of all that wrought her shame , And if ,
thereby , with tongue and pen We erred , we were but mortal men . We hoped for
peace : our eyes survey The blood - red dawn of Freedom's day ; We prayed ...
Page 38
Tarrieth long the land's Good Angel , but his advent is to be ! Meanwhile , turning
from the reve ' To the prison - cell my sight , For intenser hate of evil , For a
keener sense of right , Shaking off thy dust , I thank thee , City of the Slaves , to -
night !
Tarrieth long the land's Good Angel , but his advent is to be ! Meanwhile , turning
from the reve ' To the prison - cell my sight , For intenser hate of evil , For a
keener sense of right , Shaking off thy dust , I thank thee , City of the Slaves , to -
night !
Page 52
The pathos which from rival eyes Unwilling tears could summon , The stinging
taunt , the fiery burst Of hatred scarcely human ! Mirth , sparkling like a diamond
shower , From lips of life - long sadness ; Clear picturings of majestic thought
Upon ...
The pathos which from rival eyes Unwilling tears could summon , The stinging
taunt , the fiery burst Of hatred scarcely human ! Mirth , sparkling like a diamond
shower , From lips of life - long sadness ; Clear picturings of majestic thought
Upon ...
Page 70
Ah ! eyes may well be full of tears , And hearts with hate are hot ; But even -
paced come round the years , And Nature changes not . She meets with smiles
our bitter grief , With songs our groans of pain ; She mocks with tint of flower and
leaf ...
Ah ! eyes may well be full of tears , And hearts with hate are hot ; But even -
paced come round the years , And Nature changes not . She meets with smiles
our bitter grief , With songs our groans of pain ; She mocks with tint of flower and
leaf ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | National Lyrics Companion poets for the people Issue 8 of Schomburg microfilm series |
| Author | John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1865 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2019 |
| Length | 104 pages |
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