National LyricsTicknor and Fields, 1865 - 104 pages |
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... , with awe , The coming of the sword we saw ; We heard the nearing steps of doom , And saw the shade of things to come . In grief which they alone can feel Who from a mother's wrong appeal , 3d Mo. , With blended lines of fear and hope.
... , with awe , The coming of the sword we saw ; We heard the nearing steps of doom , And saw the shade of things to come . In grief which they alone can feel Who from a mother's wrong appeal , 3d Mo. , With blended lines of fear and hope.
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... Wrong , Plead vainly for their plundered Right ? What ! shall we send , with lavish breath , Our sympathies across the wave , Where Manhood , on the field of death , Strikes for his freedom , or a grave ? Shall prayers go up , and hymns ...
... Wrong , Plead vainly for their plundered Right ? What ! shall we send , with lavish breath , Our sympathies across the wave , Where Manhood , on the field of death , Strikes for his freedom , or a grave ? Shall prayers go up , and hymns ...
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... your own full board . How long , O Lord ! how long Shall such a priesthood barter truth away , And , in thy name , for robbery and wrong At thy own altars pray ? Is not thy hand stretched forth Visibly in the heavens.
... your own full board . How long , O Lord ! how long Shall such a priesthood barter truth away , And , in thy name , for robbery and wrong At thy own altars pray ? Is not thy hand stretched forth Visibly in the heavens.
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... world's liberty . Oh ! speed the moment on When Wrong shall cease- and Liberty , and Love , And Truth , and Right , throughout the earth be known As in their home above . THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE . 13 A THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE . 12 NATIONAL LYRICS .
... world's liberty . Oh ! speed the moment on When Wrong shall cease- and Liberty , and Love , And Truth , and Right , throughout the earth be known As in their home above . THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE . 13 A THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE . 12 NATIONAL LYRICS .
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... wrong and shame , Her patience shall not fail ! A heathen hand might deal Back on your heads the gathered wrong of years , But her low , broken prayer and nightly tears , Ye neither heed nor feel . Con well thy lesson o'er , Thou ...
... wrong and shame , Her patience shall not fail ! A heathen hand might deal Back on your heads the gathered wrong of years , But her low , broken prayer and nightly tears , Ye neither heed nor feel . Con well thy lesson o'er , Thou ...
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