The Liberty MinstrelLeavitt & Alden, 1845 - 184 páginas |
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... blood - extorting screws , Are the means that duty urges Agents of his will to use . Hark ! he answers - wild tornadoes , Strewing yonder sea with wrecks , Wasting towns , plantations , meadows , Are the voice with which he speaks . He ...
... blood - extorting screws , Are the means that duty urges Agents of his will to use . Hark ! he answers - wild tornadoes , Strewing yonder sea with wrecks , Wasting towns , plantations , meadows , Are the voice with which he speaks . He ...
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... blood and ra- pine mark his way . Alas ! for this poor D ÷ b simple toy , I sold the hap less Negro boy . b An African prince having arrived in England , and having been asked what he had given for his watch , answered , " What I will ...
... blood and ra- pine mark his way . Alas ! for this poor D ÷ b simple toy , I sold the hap less Negro boy . b An African prince having arrived in England , and having been asked what he had given for his watch , answered , " What I will ...
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... blood spouting . Into the grave looks only the slave , For rest to his limbs aweary ; His spirit's light comes from that night , To us so dark and dreary . That soul shall nurse its heavy curse Against a day of terror , When the ...
... blood spouting . Into the grave looks only the slave , For rest to his limbs aweary ; His spirit's light comes from that night , To us so dark and dreary . That soul shall nurse its heavy curse Against a day of terror , When the ...
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... blood ran in her veins . But the voice of nature was too weak : He took the glittering gold ! Then pale as death grew the maid- en's cheek , Her hands as icy cold . The Slaver led her from the door , He led her by the hand , To be his ...
... blood ran in her veins . But the voice of nature was too weak : He took the glittering gold ! Then pale as death grew the maid- en's cheek , Her hands as icy cold . The Slaver led her from the door , He led her by the hand , To be his ...
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... ried limb , The D ÷ 64 b40 slave his toil pur - sued ; And oft I saw the Dib b Dib b cru el Scourge Deep in his blood im- brued ; He tilled op - pres- sion's soil where men For · lib er ty had bled , And the Dib. 40 LIBERTY MINSTREL .
... ried limb , The D ÷ 64 b40 slave his toil pur - sued ; And oft I saw the Dib b Dib b cru el Scourge Deep in his blood im- brued ; He tilled op - pres- sion's soil where men For · lib er ty had bled , And the Dib. 40 LIBERTY MINSTREL .
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awake banner bless blood Bondman brave breast breath brother chains Christian country's dank and lone earth Elizur Wright Emancipation father fear feel fetters foes freedom freemen friends glorious God's gone-sold and gone grave grief Hark Harvard College hast haste the day hath hear heard heart heaven Heralds of Freedom holy hope hurrah joyful land lash liberty ball Liberty flag light little hour Lord loud March on march mean ye mercy Miss Lucy Long mother mountain Music by G. W. C. never night o'er oppression Pilgrim Fathers Pilgrims pity poor pray prayer Quadroon rally rice-swamp dank roll rouse shame shore shout sing slave slavery Slavery's sleep sold and gone sons soon soul spirit sweet tears There's thou toil Torquato Tasso trembling triumph song truth tyrant's voice vote for Birney wail Wake wave wrongs York LIBERTY
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Página 158 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! 44S For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Página 158 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. For a
Página 151 - I had not power to ask his name, Whither He went, or whence He came ; Yet there was something in his eye That won my love, — I knew not why. Once, when my scanty meal was spread, He entered ; — not a word He spake ; — Just perishing for want of bread, I gave Him all ; He...
Página 158 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Página 151 - Twas night ; the floods were out ; it blew A winter hurricane aloof; I heard his voice abroad, and flew To bid him welcome to my roof; I warmed, I clothed, I cheered my guest, Laid him on my own couch to rest, Then made the hearth my bed, and seemed In Eden's garden while I dreamed. Stript...
Página 83 - Friend of the friendless and the faint ! Where should I lodge my deep complaint ? Where but with thee whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor...
Página 9 - Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 107 - Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free...
Página 42 - Pilgrim's sleep, Still brood upon the tide; And his rocks yet keep their watch by the deep, To stay its waves of pride. But the snow-white sail, that he gave to the gale, When the heavens looked dark, is gone; As an angel's wing, through an opening cloud, Is seen, and then withdrawn.
Página 83 - There is a scene where spirits blend, Where friend holds fellowship with friend : Though sundered far, by faith they meet Around one common mercy-seat.