In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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Page 41
... land of bondage , and be free ! " Glad as a soul in pain , who hears from heaven The angels singing of his sins forgiven , And , wondering , sees His prison opening to their golden keys , He rose , a man who laid him down a slave ...
... land of bondage , and be free ! " Glad as a soul in pain , who hears from heaven The angels singing of his sins forgiven , And , wondering , sees His prison opening to their golden keys , He rose , a man who laid him down a slave ...
Page 42
... land a saint that lost him as a slave . O dark , sad millions , patiently and dumb Waiting for God , your hour , at last , has come , And freedom's song Breaks the long silence of your night of wrong ! Arise and flee ! shake off the ...
... land a saint that lost him as a slave . O dark , sad millions , patiently and dumb Waiting for God , your hour , at last , has come , And freedom's song Breaks the long silence of your night of wrong ! Arise and flee ! shake off the ...
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... Go forth , like him ! like him return again , To bless the land whereon in bitter pain Ye toiled at first , And heal with freedom what your slavery cursed . ANNIVERSARY POEM . [ Read before the Alumni of the THE PROCLAMATION . 43.
... Go forth , like him ! like him return again , To bless the land whereon in bitter pain Ye toiled at first , And heal with freedom what your slavery cursed . ANNIVERSARY POEM . [ Read before the Alumni of the THE PROCLAMATION . 43.
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... land is red with judgments . Who Stands guiltless forth ? Have we been faithful as we knew , To God and to our brother true , To Heaven and Earth ? How faint , through din of merchandise And count of gain , Have seemed to us the ...
... land is red with judgments . Who Stands guiltless forth ? Have we been faithful as we knew , To God and to our brother true , To Heaven and Earth ? How faint , through din of merchandise And count of gain , Have seemed to us the ...
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... brand , We may not take ; But , calmly loyal , we can stand And suffer with our suffering land . For conscience ' sake . Why ask for ease where all is pain ? Shall we alone Be left to add our gain to gain , When ANNIVERSARY POEM . 47.
... brand , We may not take ; But , calmly loyal , we can stand And suffer with our suffering land . For conscience ' sake . Why ask for ease where all is pain ? Shall we alone Be left to add our gain to gain , When ANNIVERSARY POEM . 47.
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