A Letter to my Sister (Charles Frederick White Poems)
Allene, sweet sister, with the bloodOf youth yet coursing through your cheeks,I was informed, not long ago,That you had quit ...
Allene, sweet sister, with the bloodOf youth yet coursing through your cheeks,I was informed, not long ago,That you had quit ...
I have come, as it were, from nowhere;I have no cherished home:I am welcomed by high and low folk,Wherever I ...
A charming maid got on the trainWith mother and her father,Bound for the western hill and plain,Expecting naught to bother,But ...
Had I a land that I might call my home,I would be glad;But I'm compelled this cruel world to roamWith ...
T'ward the last of bleak DecemberWhen the northern fields are bare,When the trees are still and leafless,And the frost flies ...
Doth negro claim existence nowWho meek to unjust laws would bowWithout a protest on his brow,And call himself a man?Doth ...
Brightly now the sun is shiningOn this Easter Sabbath morn:Voices heav'nward are inclining;And the sky's without a scorn.Beautiful white clouds ...
In the soul is born a feeling,Or a sentiment, called love,Which is nursed, caressed and cherishedWith care, tender, from Above.By ...
I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast broughtMe to this age, that Thou hast wroughtSuch miracles and wondrous thingsBeneath the ...
Ah! You're quite a jolly girl I see.Where are you from?You are just the kind I'd have you be;You're full ...
I care not how soon I leave here;Leave this cruel, lonely world:I've a longing to depart toWhere the flag of ...
The day is mild, the spring is here,The blithest season of the year:Although the ground's o'erlaid with snow,The sun sends ...
As I look on the dreary day,From which the warmth of sun has flown,My thoughts seem wand'ring far away,As though ...
Oh Country, 'tis to thee,Land of the lynching bee,To thee we wail.How long shall these base wrongsPollute, thy freedom's songs?To ...
Contented, he was lured from homeland;Free, he has been captive made;Though human, he was bound in chains andSold like beast ...
Hark! I hear the sound of singing,And of sleigh-bells, gaily ringing,And the sound of steeds fast springing,Fleeting o'er the frozen ...
Love: what is love;That fascinating power, divine,Which fills the heart with thoughts sublime,Which causes men to tear their hair,Which brings ...
Thanksgiving day is coming soon,That long remembered dayWhen nature gives her blessed boonTo all America.On that glad day, in all ...
'Tis a pleasant Sunday morning,And the sun is shining clear,Ever giving us a warningThat our God is always near.Now a ...
'Tis not winter time yet, my dear heart,Though autumn has crept through the air;'Tis not time to be sad and ...
Hail! ye heroes who yet stand!Hail the martyr of our land!Hail him who for his country delved!Him who the great ...
Lord, our God and Father up in heav'n, we praise Thy name:May Thy kingdom holy on this earth e'er be ...
I wonder why the Negro should be hated;He has done no great wrong unto mankind:He was out of the same ...
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