A Poem (James Monroe Whitfield Poems)
Written for the Celebration of the Fourth Anniversary of President Lincoln's Emancipation ProclamationTo P. A. BELL, Esq., A PIONEER IN ...
Written for the Celebration of the Fourth Anniversary of President Lincoln's Emancipation ProclamationTo P. A. BELL, Esq., A PIONEER IN ...
How long, oh gracious God! how long Shall power lord it over right?The feeble, trampled by the strong, Remain in slavery's gloomy ...
In vain thou bid'st me strike the lyre, And sing a song of mirth and glee,Or, kindling with poetic fire, Attempt some ...
"Since he miscalled the morning star,Nor man, nor fiend hath fallen so far."— ByronWhen gathered in the courts above, Before Jehovah's ...
America, it is to thee,Thou boasted land of liberty, —It is to thee I raise my song,Thou land of blood, ...
I just had turned the classic page, With ancient lore and wisdom fraught,Which many a hoary-headed sage Had stamped with never-dying thought;And ...
I love the man whose lofty mind On God and its own strength relies;Who seeks the welfare of his kind, And dare ...
There's music wheresoe'er we roam —'T is heard in ocean's crested foam,And in the billows' deafening roar,Which madly burst upon ...
Written For The Dedication Of The Michigan Street Baptist Church, BuffaloAlmighty God! in this thy house, For the first time thy ...
Another year has passed away,And brings again the glorious dayWhen Freedom from her slumber woke,And broke the British tyrant's yoke ...
Oh great Jehovah! God of love, Thou monarch of the earth and sky,Canst thou from thy great throne above Look down with ...
In the bright dreams of early youth, I strung my lyre, and waked a strain,In praise of friendship, love and truth, Without ...
From bright West Indies' sunny seas, Comes, borne upon the balmy breeze,The joyous shout, the gladsome tone, Long in those bloody isles ...
As with thy Album in my hand, Upon this picture late I gazed,With tuneful harp held in its hand, And eyes of ...
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