Abolition Of Slavery In The District Of Columbia, 1862 (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
When first I saw our banner wave Above the nation's council-hall, I heard beneath its marble wall The clanking fetters of the slave! In ...
When first I saw our banner wave Above the nation's council-hall, I heard beneath its marble wall The clanking fetters of the slave! In ...
These of living emanate a formidable light,Which is equal to death, and when usedGives increase eternally.What fortifies in separate thoughtIs ...
The Baron is back from his hawking come,At the close of the summer's day:But the spots of red blood danced ...
Cast round me now your arms' cool wreath of white Forget the day's far wakening, and lie More close! Without, the weary world ...
WE wander now who marched before,Hawking our bran from door to door,While other men from the mill take their flour:So ...
All on a windy morn in lusty March,Rode Godwin hawking thro' his father's woodsAnd singing as he rode: stalwart was ...
Sword of Common Sense! -Our surest gift: the sacred chainOf man to man: firm earth for trustIn structures vowed to ...
1 Who will honor the city without a name If so many are dead and others pan gold Or sell ...
I Within a Temple of the Toes, Where twirled the passionate Wili, I saw full many a market rose, And ...
The Great White North is calling- s'hosh! it's got a lot to say- Let us listen while it cracks its ...
Now, shut your mouths, you loafers all, You vex me with your twaddle,You own a nag or big ...
O, fellow Australians, listen, attend: We must cease our contemptuous swearingAnd cursing and sneering at Bull's colored friend, For our ...
As I rode on the limberThrough the old French market-square,There were bricks and fallen timberAnd shell-holes everywhere.The place was blank ...
And sometimes I am sorry when the grass Is growing over the stones in quiet hollows And the cocksfoot leans ...
O Sacred Providence, who from end to end Strongly and sweetly movest! shall I write, And not of thee, through ...
In robes of Tyrian blue the King was drest, A jewelled collar shone upon his breast, A giant ruby glittered ...
(He speaks.) Walking, walking, oh, the joy of walking! Swinging down the tawny lanes with head held high; Striding up ...
LET the crows go by hawking their caw and caw. They have been swimming in midnights of coal mines somewhere. ...
Republic of Niger Nomads are said to know their way by an exact spot in the sky, the touch of ...
MORNING and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: "Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, ...
When the Lieutenant of the Guardia de Asalto heard the automatic go off, he turned and took the second shot ...
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